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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2018, 7:59 PM CDT for Edwards County, Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports 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, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2018, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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, 8:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.64 | 3 N Gray, KS | MESONET STATION BTTK1, 3 N GRAY. |
| Jul 27, 8:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Gray, KS | REPORTS OF WATER OVER K-156. |
| Jul 27, 8:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | Buckner Creek At Hansto, KS | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION HSNK1, BUCKNER CREEK AT HANSTON. |
| Jul 27, 9:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.85 | 3 N Gray, KS | MESONET STATION BTTK1, 3 N GRAY. |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.
964
WGUS53 KDDC 280059
FFWDDC
KSC047-083-145-280400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0018.180728T0059Z-180728T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
759 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
West central Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Northwestern Edwards County in south central Kansas...
* Until 1100 PM CDT.
* At 759 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...
Gray, Burdett, Hanston and Rozel.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3819 9934 3801 9949 3811 9988 3826 9990
3826 9985
$$
JJOHNSONThe 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 | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 3 hr |
| 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, 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.