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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2018, 7:20 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 27, 2018, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2018, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 27, 7:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.25 | 3 N Rozel, KS |
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS53 KDDC 280020
FFWDDC
KSC083-135-145-165-280315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0016.180728T0020Z-180728T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
720 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
Northeastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Southwestern Rush County in central Kansas...
* Until 1015 PM CDT.
* At 719 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Bazine.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3828 9928 3819 9934 3827 9990 3849 9989
3848 9959
$$
JJOHNSON1 follow-up statement
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WGUS73 KDDC 280314
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1014 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018
KSC083-135-145-165-280322-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-180728T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-Rush KS-
1014 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHEASTERN
HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Areal flooding remains a concern for
portions of western Pawnee County, especially north of Rozel. Please
continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3828 9928 3819 9934 3827 9990 3849 9989
3848 9959
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 67 min |
| Jul 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 3 more | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Meade | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 76 min |
| Jul 28, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.