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Areal Flood Advisory 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 1, 2021, 2:13 AM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2021, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Aug 1, 1:14 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:14 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 10:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1032 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021 KSZ089-090-010415- Barber KS-Comanche KS- 1032 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... At 1031 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles east of Buttermilk, moving east at 25 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Aetna and Buttermilk. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3715 9935 3725 9897 3700 9895 3700 9933 TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 268DEG 24KT 3709 9918 TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 27 min |
| Jul 31, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 24 min |
| Jul 31, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 43 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.