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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 2019Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2019, 5:59 PM CDT for Clark 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 7, 2019, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2019, 9:46 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Clark County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2019-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 2019-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-327 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
416 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

As transmitted.

290 
WGUS53 KDDC 072259
FFWDDC
KSC025-080500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0009.190507T2259Z-190508T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
559 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Western Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until midnight CDT Wednesday.

* At 558 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Minneola, Englewood, Clark State Lake and Acres. 

Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3747 10007 3746 9967 3700 9987 3700 10008

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
475 
WGUS73 KDDC 080246
FFSDDC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
946 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019

KSC025-080255-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-190508T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clark KS-
946 PM CDT Tue May 7 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3747 10007 3746 9967 3700 9987 3700 10008

$$

GERARD

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, 8:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHodgeman, Pawnee4 hr
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, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa35 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.