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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 12, 2020Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2020, 11:14 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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: Jul 12, 2020, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2020, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Ness County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

990 
WGUS53 KDDC 130414
FFWDDC
KSC135-130715-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0004.200713T0414Z-200713T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1114 PM CDT Sun Jul 12 2020

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West central Ness County in west central Kansas...

* Until 215 AM CDT.

* At 1113 PM CDT, law enforcement reported thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement.

  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 west central
  Ness County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3838 9992 3840 10016 3862 10017 3855 9993

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	47 min
Jul 12, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	90 min
Jul 12, 9:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny, Scott	39 min
Jul 12, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Kearny, Lane, Scott	51 min
Jul 12, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	44 min
Jul 12, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny	42 min
Jul 12, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton, Stanton	49 min
Jul 12, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	41 min
Jul 12, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	39 min
Jul 12, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray	47 min
Jul 12, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	44 min
Jul 12, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny	47 min
Jul 12, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens	52 min
Jul 12, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	50 min
Jul 12, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	48 min
Jul 12, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman	51 min
Jul 12, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	48 min
Jul 12, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Meade	49 min
Jul 13, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens	44 min
Jul 13, 12:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray and 5 more	3 hr
Jul 13, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Meade	40 min
Jul 13, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	40 min
Jul 13, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	32 min
Jul 13, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	33 min
Jul 13, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Kiowa	44 min
Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Morton, Stanton	60 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.