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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 2017, 9:53 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2017, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2017, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Larned, KS | EM REPORTED WATER OVER ROADWAYS OUTSIDE OF LARNED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
613 WGUS53 KDDC 160253 FFWDDC KSC145-160630- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0005.170416T0253Z-170416T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 953 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Pawnee County in south central Kansas... * Until 130 AM CDT * At 952 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Larned, Garfield, Sanford, Frizell and Fort Larned Historic Site. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3822 9899 3813 9898 3806 9934 3817 9937 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Kiowa, Pratt | 65 min |
| Apr 16, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Kiowa | 55 min |
| Apr 16, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 62 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.