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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 29, 2018Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this areal flood warning at Jul 29, 2018, 5:49 AM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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: Jul 29, 2018, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2018, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 1797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.8

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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 Jul 29, 5:28 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 5:28 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
347 AM CDT Sun Jul 29 2018

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-300900-
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-
347 AM CDT Sun Jul 29 2018 /247 AM MDT Sun Jul 29 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
----------------

Severe thunderstorms will be possible early tonight across
western Kansas, mainly west of highway 83. Hail up to half dollar
size, wind gusts of 70 mph, and very heavy rainfall will be the
main hazards.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Hail: Elevated risk
* Thunderstorm wind damage: Elevated risk
* Flooding: Limited risk
* Lightning: Significant risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible early Monday. Severe
weather is not anticipated but frequent lightning and brief moderate
to heavy rainfall will be possible.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Monday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Tuesday
  No hazards.

* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Thursday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Saturday
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required this evening and tonight,
mainly between 7 pm and midnight. Rainfall reports are also
encouraged.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 1:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
114 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1248 AM     TSTM WND GST     HAYS REGIONAL AIRPORT A 38.85N 99.27W
07/29/2018  M55 MPH          ELLIS              KS   AWOS

            AWOS STATION HYS, HAYS REGIONAL AIRPORT AWOS
            SITE.

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jul 29, 1:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
121 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0111 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GARDEN CITY             37.98N 100.86W
07/29/2018                   FINNEY             KS   STORM CHASER

            STORM CHASER OBSERVED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER
            COVERING NUMEROUS STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS
            WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jul 29, 1:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
127 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE FT. DODGE          37.70N 99.91W
07/29/2018                   FORD               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLE AND SEVERAL TREE BRANCHES WERE
            BLOWN DOWN AT 117 ROAD AND LARIAT WAY. TIME
            WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jul 29, 1:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 29, 1:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	58 min
Jul 28, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	49 min
Jul 28, 10:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	54 min
Jul 28, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	46 min
Jul 28, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Stanton, Stevens	54 min
Jul 28, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	67 min
Jul 28, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	57 min
Jul 28, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	54 min
Jul 28, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	63 min
Jul 29, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Kearny	67 min
Jul 29, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade	58 min
Jul 29, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	56 min
Jul 29, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	51 min
Jul 29, 12:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Finney	3 hr
Jul 29, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	37 min
Jul 29, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	40 min
Jul 29, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Scott	55 min
Jul 29, 1:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Pratt	3 hr
Jul 29, 3:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Pratt	3 hr
Jul 29, 6:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee	6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2018 Every 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.