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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 2018Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2018, 9:22 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego 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
May 28, 2018, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2018, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 2018-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1638 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
1638 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

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WGUS53 KDDC 290222
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KSC051-195-290815-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0005.180529T0222Z-180529T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
922 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Trego County in west central Kansas...
  Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 315 AM CDT

* At 922 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have 
  already fallen over eastern Trego county. Flash flooding is 
  expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Hays, Ellis, Catherine, Schoenchen, Ogallah, Trego Center,
  Yocemento, Cedar Bluff, Riga, Antonino, Toulon and Munjor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9960 3913 9905 3870 9934 3870 10015
      3886 10015

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott55 min
May 28, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane10 min
May 28, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell46 min
May 28, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny, Stevens52 min
May 28, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego50 min
May 28, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and 3 more53 min
May 28, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 3 more54 min
May 28, 7:56 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCLane, Scott3 hr
May 28, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness12 min
May 28, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens53 min
May 28, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego39 min
May 28, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush, Trego29 min
May 28, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee67 min
May 28, 8:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDDCEllis, Trego28 hr
May 28, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego55 min
May 28, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray, Haskell, Meade35 min
May 28, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward34 min
May 28, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Meade29 min
May 28, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee33 min
May 28, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward45 min
May 28, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark50 min
May 29, 4:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDDCTrego15 hr
May 29, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark38 min
May 29, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman38 min
May 29, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman47 min
May 29, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark58 min
May 29, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche53 min
May 29, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman, Ness47 min
May 29, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush45 min
May 29, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman54 min
May 29, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray21 min
May 29, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray54 min
May 29, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche51 min
May 29, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa43 min
May 29, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush48 min
May 29, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego55 min
May 29, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord16 min
May 29, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa32 min
May 29, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord45 min
May 29, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee, Stafford43 min
May 29, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa46 min
May 29, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee60 min
May 29, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa55 min
May 29, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego48 min
May 29, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford64 min
May 29, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt48 min
May 29, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis43 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.