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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2017Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2017, 5:40 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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: May 18, 2017, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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
May 18, 6:42 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 E Timken, KS	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADS IN SEVERAL PLACES OF RUSH COUNTY, INCLUDING E OF TIMKEN AND BY OTIS, KS.

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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

667 
WGUS53 KDDC 182240
FFWDDC
KSC145-165-190445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0009.170518T2240Z-170519T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
540 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Rush County in central Kansas...

* Until 1145 PM CDT Thursday

* At 539 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...
  Otis, Burdett, Rozel, Timken, Ash Valley, Sanford, Shaffer, Frizell
  and Fort Larned Historic Site.

LAT...LON 3830 9903 3811 9923 3810 9955 3815 9956
      3844 9934 3859 9903

$$

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

851 
WGUS73 KDDC 190436
FFSDDC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1136 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

KSC145-165-190445-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170519T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-
1136 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3830 9903 3811 9923 3810 9955 3815 9956
      3844 9934 3859 9903

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	66 min
May 18, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	49 min
May 18, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush	53 min
May 18, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	47 min
May 18, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	61 min
May 18, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	55 min
May 18, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	40 min
May 18, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	33 min
May 18, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	43 min
May 18, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	29 min
May 18, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Kiowa	25 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	63 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	33 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	33 min
May 18, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	22 min
May 18, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	39 min
May 18, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	37 min
May 18, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	32 min
May 18, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	33 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	31 min
May 18, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	25 min
May 18, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	28 min
May 18, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	41 min
May 18, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee	17 min
May 18, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	30 min
May 18, 6:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ford	6 hr
May 18, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	30 min
May 18, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	15 min
May 18, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	51 min
May 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	6 hr

Nearby

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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.