Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2020
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2020, 5:42 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 21, 2020, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.54 | 9 Sse Kalvesta, KS | THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 31 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted.
419
WGUS53 KDDC 212242
FFWDDC
KSC057-069-083-220245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0003.200621T2242Z-200622T0245Z/
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
542 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Southwestern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 542 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 ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern
Ford, southwestern Hodgeman and northeastern Gray Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3785 10030 3800 10026 3800 10023 3804 10023
3801 9991 3778 10008
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
RBURG1 follow-up statement
879
WGUS73 KDDC 220237
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
937 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
KSC057-069-083-220246-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200622T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-Gray KS-
937 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN AND NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3785 10030 3800 10026 3800 10023 3804 10023
3801 9991 3778 10008
$$
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Kearny | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Meade | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Seward | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.