Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2018, 12:06 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 91 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2018, 12:06 AM CDT (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2018, 1:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
969 WGUS53 KDDC 200506 FFWDDC KSC051-200800- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0011.180620T0506Z-180620T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1206 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2018 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Ellis County in central Kansas... * Until 300 AM CDT. * At 1206 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring in Hays. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Catherine, Schoenchen, Yocemento, Toulon, Munjor and Antonino. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3896 9907 3871 9906 3871 9956 3897 9957 $$ JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
070 WGUS73 KDDC 200637 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 137 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2018 KSC051-200647- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-180620T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ellis KS- 137 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3896 9907 3871 9906 3871 9956 3897 9957 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 17 min |
| Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Morton | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Lane and 2 more | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 3 more | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman, Ness | 14 min |
| Jun 19, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 3 more | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 11:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 9 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 9 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 20 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt and 1 more | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 67 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.