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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 19, 2018Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2018, 5:54 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 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
Jun 19, 2018, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2018, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2018-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1363 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 12:00Z on 2018-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1363 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

371 
WGUS53 KDDC 192254
FFWDDC
KSC101-171-200400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0008.180619T2254Z-180620T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
554 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Scott County in west central Kansas...
  Northwestern Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 554 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
  begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Grigston, Manning, Healy, Scott State Lake, Modoc and Shields. 

LAT...LON 3870 10031 3849 10067 3841 10075 3844 10082
      3854 10083 3854 10092 3848 10099 3840 10093
      3839 10099 3846 10110 3851 10113 3870 10113

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton50 min
Jun 19, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane, Scott, Trego52 min
Jun 19, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton47 min
Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant45 min
Jun 19, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott53 min
Jun 19, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego66 min
Jun 19, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Kearny57 min
Jun 19, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton66 min
Jun 19, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott67 min
Jun 19, 4:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCLane, Scott3 hr
Jun 19, 4:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCMorton, Stanton3 hr
Jun 19, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hamilton, Kearny33 min
Jun 19, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego53 min
Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCScott6 hr
Jun 19, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott54 min
Jun 19, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton47 min
Jun 19, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego53 min
Jun 19, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens63 min
Jun 19, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego17 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott41 min
Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCTrego5 hr
Jun 19, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton27 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens53 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.