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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2018, 4:12 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2018, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2018, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Barber County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
150 WGUS53 KDDC 042112 FFWDDC KSC007-050315- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0029.180904T2112Z-180905T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 412 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2018 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... East central Barber County in south central Kansas... * Until 1015 PM CDT Tuesday. * At 411 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Sharon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3738 9835 3711 9838 3713 9851 3738 9842 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 3:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Kiowa, Lane and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 12 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 66 min |
| Sep 4, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.