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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 6, 2019Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2019, 8:50 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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 6, 2019, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2019, 12:29 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2019-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2260 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
2260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

As transmitted.

318 
WGUS53 KDDC 070150
FFWDDC
KSC083-145-070745-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0003.190507T0150Z-190507T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
850 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
  West central Pawnee County in south central Kansas...

* Until 245 AM CDT.

* At 850 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...
  Gray, Burdett and Hanston. 

LAT...LON 3825 9944 3811 9944 3811 9982 3825 9983

$$

JJOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
293 
WGUS73 KDDC 070529
FFSDDC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1229 AM CDT Tue May 7 2019

KSC083-145-070538-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190507T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-
1229 AM CDT Tue May 7 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WEST CENTRAL
PAWNEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flash Flooding is no longer expected to 
pose a threat. An Areal Flood Warning has been issued for west 
central Pawnee County, which will be in effect until 1230 PM CDT 
Tuesday.

LAT...LON 3825 9944 3811 9944 3811 9982 3825 9983

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford50 min
May 6, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Morton, Stanton61 min
May 6, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford18 min
May 6, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott50 min
May 6, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee54 min
May 6, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford45 min
May 6, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens51 min
May 6, 8:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford4 hr
May 6, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny49 min
May 6, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford47 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee45 min
May 6, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens46 min
May 6, 9:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCMorton3 hr
May 6, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell31 min
May 6, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee30 min
May 6, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCPawnee3 hr
May 6, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee48 min
May 6, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more43 min
May 6, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee31 min
May 6, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton45 min
May 6, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens54 min
May 6, 9:51 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCEdwards24 min
May 6, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford51 min
May 6, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego50 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards15 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego47 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 2 more47 min
May 6, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCMorton104 min
May 6, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee2 hr
May 6, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush47 min
May 6, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens24 min
May 6, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford57 min
May 6, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton44 min
May 6, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford49 min
May 6, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford47 min
May 6, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford16 min
May 7, 12:25 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford12 hr
May 7, 4:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa, Pratt63 min
May 7, 10:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche48 min
May 7, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche32 min
May 7, 11:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche47 min
May 7, 12:22 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford24 hr
May 7, 12:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche33 min
May 7, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt35 min
May 7, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens28 min
May 7, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCPratt6 hr
May 7, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward27 min
May 7, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche26 min
May 7, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark27 min
May 7, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber24 min
May 7, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord34 min
May 7, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade37 min
May 7, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark4 hr
May 7, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa35 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.