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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 9, 2018Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 9, 2018, 10:40 AM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 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: Oct 9, 2018, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 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
Oct 9, 12:35 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Medicine Lodge, KS	SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER. MEDICINE LODGE CITY PARK SUBMERGED.

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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

881 
WGUS53 KDDC 091540
FFWDDC
KSC007-151-092045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0032.181009T1540Z-181009T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1040 AM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Barber County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Pratt County in south central Kansas...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 1039 AM CDT, the public reported flash flooding across the 
  warned area. 1 to 4 inches of rain has already fallen. Flash 
  flooding is already occurring.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Hardtner, Sharon, Sawyer, Hazelton, Isabel,
  Lake City, Aetna and Cairo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9898 3715 9898 3772 9860 3772 9846
      3739 9846 3738 9835 3700 9835

$$

SUGDEN

1 follow-up statement

115 
WGUS73 KDDC 092050
FFSDDC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
350 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018

KSC007-151-092100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-181009T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Barber KS-Pratt KS-
350 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding is no longer expected to 
pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3700 9898 3715 9898 3772 9860 3772 9846
      3739 9846 3738 9835 3700 9835

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 9, 4:46 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, Stanton	8 hr
Oct 9, 12:33 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, Stanton	21 hr
Oct 9, 2:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Pratt	12 hr
Oct 9, 3:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt, Stafford	24 hr
Oct 9, 5:05 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	DDC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Meade and 3 more	17 hr

Nearby

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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.