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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this areal flood warning at Jul 30, 2018, 12:46 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 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 30, 2018, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2018, 7:16 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
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 30, 12:21 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 12:21 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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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, 10:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1020 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM HAIL 2 WNW JOHNSON CITY 37.58N 101.78W
07/29/2018 E1.25 INCH STANTON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&Local storm report, Jul 29, 10:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1028 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0953 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 N MANTER 37.64N 101.89W
07/29/2018 STANTON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
THE EMERGENCY MANAGER DESCRIBED VEHICLES
THAT WERE LIFTED OFF THE ROAD AT THIS
LOCATION AND OVERTURNED.
&&Special weather statement, Jul 29, 10:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1036 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018
KSZ089-300415-
Comanche KS-
1036 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY UNTIL
1115 PM CDT...
At 1035 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles northwest of Coldwater, moving east at 35 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Coldwater, Wilmore and Lake Coldwater.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3725 9950 3737 9943 3737 9903 3700 9902
3700 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 289DEG 28KT 3731 9938
JJOHNSONLocal storm report, Jul 29, 10:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1043 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018 KSZ063-076-077-086-087-300430- Gray KS-Seward KS-Finney KS-Meade KS-Haskell KS- 1043 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SEWARD...SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHERN MEADE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... At 1043 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles south of Plymell, moving southeast at 40 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Sublette, Satanta, Montezuma, Fowler, Copeland, Tice, Missler and Plymell. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern Kansas. LAT...LON 3778 10107 3787 10084 3736 10010 3722 10098 TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 327DEG 45KT 3765 10087 JJOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 11:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 42 min |
| Jul 29, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 65 min |
| Jul 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 65 min |
| Jul 30, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.