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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2018, 9:37 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 6, 2018, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2018, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 9:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Hays, KS | STREET FLOODING OCCURRING. A FEW CARS STRANDED. OVER 3 INCHES FELL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. |
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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted.
351 WGUS53 KDDC 061437 FFWDDC KSC051-061745- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0012.180706T1437Z-180706T1745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 937 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2018 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Ellis County in central Kansas... * Until 1245 PM CDT. * At 937 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Hays, Victoria, Catherine, Yocemento, Toulon, Munjor and Emmeram. LAT...LON 3902 9914 3879 9912 3878 9950 3902 9950 $$ HOVORKA
1 follow-up statement
867 WGUS73 KDDC 061736 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1236 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2018 KSC051-061746- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-180706T1745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ellis KS- 1236 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM CDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3902 9914 3879 9912 3878 9950 3902 9950 $$ HOVORKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell, Morton, Stevens | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 36 min |
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.