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Areal Flood Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 9, 2018Barber County, Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this areal flood warning at Oct 9, 2018, 3:48 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 9, 2018, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Oct 9, 1:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 1:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 4:24 AM CDT, 11 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
424 AM CDT Tue Oct 9 2018

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-101000-
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
424 AM CDT Tue Oct 9 2018 /324 AM MDT Tue Oct 9 2018/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south
central...southwest and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Day 1 Discussion
----------------

Showers and thunderstorms, heavy at times, can be expected across
western and central Kansas today. A Flood Watch is currently in
effect. Please see the latest Flood Watch product for more
information.

Temperatures tonight are expected to fall back into the low to mid
30s with frost possible west of highway 283. A Freeze Watch is
currently in effect for late tonight. Please see the latest Freeze
Watch product for more information.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Flooding: Extreme risk
* Lightning: Limited risk
* Non-thunderstorm wind: Limited risk
* Fog: Limited risk
* Freeze: Elevated risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------

A Freeze Watch is currently in effect for early Wednesday
morning. Please see the latest Freeze Watch product for more
information.

Temperatures falling in to 32 degrees or lower are expected
across portions of western Kansas this weekend.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Wednesday
  - Freeze: Significant risk

* Thursday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Friday
  No hazards.

* Saturday
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk
  - Freeze: Elevated risk

* Sunday
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk
  - Freeze: Extreme risk
  - Snow: Limited risk

* Monday
  - Freeze: Significant risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 9, 12:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 4:46 AM CDTFreeze WatchDDCHamilton, Kearny, Scott, Stanton8 hr
Oct 9, 10:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCBarber, Pratt5 hr
Oct 9, 12:33 PM CDTFreeze WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Scott, Stanton21 hr
Oct 9, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCPratt12 hr
Oct 9, 5:05 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Meade and 3 more17 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2018Every areal flood warning in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.