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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2018, 10:43 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2018, 1:45 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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, 10:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Garden City, KS | GARDEN CITY PD RELAYED INFORMATION OF SOME STALLED VEHICLES DUE TO FLOODED ROADS IN PARTS OF THE CITY. |
| Jul 28, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.7 | Holcomb, KS | |
| Jul 28, 1:39 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | 1 E Garden City, 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
850 WGUS53 KDDC 280343 FFWDDC KSC055-280645- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0019.180728T0343Z-180728T0645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1043 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 145 AM CDT. * At 1043 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen, including in and around the Garden City area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly if not already underway. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Garden City, Holcomb and Pierceville. 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 3809 10067 3780 10067 3786 10108 3815 10109 $$ UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
877 WGUS73 KDDC 280643 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 143 AM CDT SAT JUL 28 2018 KSC055-280652- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-180728T0645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Finney KS- 143 AM CDT SAT JUL 28 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM CDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flash Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3809 10067 3780 10067 3786 10108 3815 10109 $$ RBURG
The 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, 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, 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.