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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2018, 9:20 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2018, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2018, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Finney County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
638 WGUS53 KDDC 140220 FFWDDC KSC055-140515- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0013.180714T0220Z-180714T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 920 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2018 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... North central Finney County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 1215 AM CDT. * At 920 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. 4inches of rain may have fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Finney County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 3819 10051 3810 10052 3809 10069 3818 10067 $$ SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
028 WGUS73 KDDC 140508 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1208 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2018 KSC055-140518- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180714T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Finney KS- 1208 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT... Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3819 10051 3810 10052 3809 10069 3818 10067 $$ TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 38 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.