Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2018, 7:37 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 13, 2018, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2018, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:46 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Pheifer, KS | REPORTS OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY BETWEEN LORETTA AND PFEIFER. RAIN GAUGE REPORT OF 4.40 INCHES. |
| Aug 13, 8:16 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.09 | Pheifer, KS | MESONET STATION PFRK1, PHEIFER. |
| Aug 13, 8:47 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pheifer, KS | REPORTS OF SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS UNDERWATER AROUND PHEIFER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 1020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
605
WGUS53 KDDC 140037
FFWDDC
KSC051-165-140630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0022.180814T0037Z-180814T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
737 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2018
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
Southeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 130 AM CDT.
* At 736 PM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of
rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is has already started.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Otis, Pfeifer and Loretta.
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 3881 9906 3856 9903 3854 9903 3853 9918
3880 9926
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
925
WGUS73 KDDC 140239
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
939 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2018
KSC051-165-140630-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-180814T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
939 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
At 748 PM CDT, the public reported flash flooding occurring in the
warned area. 4.40 inches of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is
already occurring.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Otis, Pheifer and Loretta.
Additional rainfall will be possible through the overnight in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3881 9906 3856 9903 3854 9903 3853 9918
3880 9926
$$
SUGDEN703
WGUS73 KDDC 140627
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
127 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2018
KSC051-165-140636-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-180814T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
127 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN
ELLIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3881 9906 3856 9903 3854 9903 3853 9918
3880 9926
$$
ReynoldsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark | 114 min |
| Aug 13, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 64 min |
| Aug 14, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 6:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 9 hr |
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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.