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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2020, 11:53 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 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
- Jul 26, 2020, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2020, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lane County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.7 | 5 Se Healy, KS | REPORT WAS RECEIVED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 00:00Z, 4.9 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.
550
WGUS53 KDDC 270453
FFWDDC
KSC101-270945-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1153 PM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Lane County in west central Kansas...
* Until 445 AM CDT.
* At 1152 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.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Dighton, Healy and Shields.
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 3863 10037 3848 10033 3848 10063 3868 10063
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
308
WGUS73 KDDC 270620
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
120 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020
KSC101-270945-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200727T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lane KS-
120 AM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN LANE COUNTY...
At 118 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing rain
across the warned area. Based on radar estimates, up to 5 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage
and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Dighton, Healy and Shields.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3863 10037 3848 10033 3848 10063 3868 10063
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
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, 11:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Rush | 6 hr |
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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.