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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 13, 2018Finney County, Kansas

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 462 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney57 min
Jul 13, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney41 min
Jul 13, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton31 min
Jul 13, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord62 min
Jul 13, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray57 min
Jul 13, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord53 min
Jul 14, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord67 min
Jul 14, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray38 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.