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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2018, 3:36 PM CDT for Trego 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
- May 28, 2018, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2018, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.2 | 5 Nne Collyer, KS | 5.2 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED AT TIME OF CALL. |
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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2062 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
435 WGUS53 KDDC 282036 FFWDDC KSC195-282330- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0003.180528T2036Z-180528T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 336 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Trego County in west central Kansas... * Until 630 PM CDT * At 335 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... Collyer. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3907 9999 3902 10015 3913 10015 3913 9985 $$ TATRO
1 follow-up statement
683 WGUS73 KDDC 282127 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 427 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018 KSC195-282330- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180528T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Trego KS- 427 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY... At 426 PM CDT, the public reported 5.2 inches from thunderstorms 5 miles north northeast of Collyer. Flash flooding is occurring or expected to begin shortly. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Collyer. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life. && LAT...LON 3907 9999 3902 10015 3913 10015 3913 9985 $$ TATRO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| May 28, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| May 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 42 min |
| May 28, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 58 min |
| May 28, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Morton | 52 min |
| May 28, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 23 min |
| May 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 52 min |
| May 28, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 65 min |
| May 28, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 18 min |
| May 28, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 48 min |
| May 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 43 min |
| May 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton | 54 min |
| May 28, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 53 min |
| May 28, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 36 min |
| May 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 40 min |
| May 28, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Kearny, Stanton, Stevens | 63 min |
| May 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 61 min |
| May 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 67 min |
| May 28, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 39 min |
| May 28, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 65 min |
| May 28, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 17 min |
| May 28, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 53 min |
| May 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 66 min |
| May 28, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 63 min |
| May 28, 6:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 6 hr |
| May 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Kearny | 53 min |
| May 28, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 49 min |
| May 28, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton, Stevens | 59 min |
| May 28, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 27 min |
| May 28, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| May 28, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny | 60 min |
| May 28, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 36 min |
| May 28, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego | 50 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.