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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 4, 2018Clark County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2018, 6:19 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kiowa 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, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2018, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 239 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

745 
WGUS53 KDDC 042319
FFWDDC
KSC025-033-097-050515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0030.180904T2319Z-180905T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
619 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
  Northwestern Comanche County in south central Kansas...
  East central Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 619 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
  area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash
  flooding is already occurring.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Protection and Sitka. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3749 9923 3718 9943 3717 9966 3745 9954

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 3:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Kiowa, Lane and 6 more31 hr
Sep 4, 10:07 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford12 hr
Sep 4, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCBarber6 hr
Sep 4, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton66 min
Sep 4, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton57 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.