Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2020
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2020, 11:34 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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 26, 2020, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2020, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 911 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
540
WGUS53 KDDC 270434
FFWDDC
KSC165-271030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0007.200727T0434Z-200727T1030Z/
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1134 PM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Rush County in central Kansas...
* Until 530 AM CDT.
* At 1132 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Radar estimates in excess of 4
inches of rain have 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.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
La Crosse, Bison, Rush Center, Liebenthal and Timken.
Additional rainfall amounts of an inch or more are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 9922 3835 9911 3835 9936 3869 9945
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
190
WGUS73 KDDC 270622
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
122 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020
KSC165-271030-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200727T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Rush KS-
122 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY...
At 121 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Based on radar, up to 6 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage
and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
La Crosse, Bison, Rush Center, Liebenthal and Timken.
Additional rainfall amounts of an inch or more are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 9922 3835 9911 3835 9936 3869 9945
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Stanton | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Lane | 5 hr |
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.