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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2018, 7:26 PM CDT for Kearny County, 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
- Aug 18, 2018, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2018, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Lakin, KS | MULTIPLE REPORTS TO EMERGENCY MANAGER OF FLOODED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN MULTIPLE AREAS. |
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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 887 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
162 WGUS53 KDDC 190026 FFWDDC KSC093-190330- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0024.180819T0026Z-180819T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 726 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2018 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 1030 PM CDT. * At 725 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Kearny County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you can do so safely. && LAT...LON 3820 10154 3822 10123 3798 10122 3795 10154 $$ HOVORKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 17 min |
| Aug 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 18 min |
| Aug 18, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 21 min |
| Aug 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 68 min |
| Aug 18, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 47 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.