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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2021Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2021, 8:01 PM MDT for Hamilton 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
May 24, 2021, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2021, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
801 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 200 AM MDT.

* At 801 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  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 flash flooding include...
  mainly rural areas of Southeastern Hamilton County

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3797 10170 3793 10154 3774 10155 3774 10187

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 6:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny4 hr
May 24, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego50 min
May 24, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny48 min
May 24, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny46 min
May 24, 6:57 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny48 min
May 24, 6:58 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny12 hr
May 24, 7:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Stanton64 min
May 24, 7:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray57 min
May 24, 7:42 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Haskell33 min
May 24, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton45 min
May 24, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell45 min
May 24, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny40 min
May 24, 8:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell48 min
May 24, 9:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Kearny51 min
May 24, 9:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray50 min
May 24, 10:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell33 min
May 24, 10:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord49 min
May 24, 10:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Seward36 min
May 24, 11:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord48 min
May 24, 11:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward29 min
May 24, 11:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards39 min
May 24, 11:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell45 min
May 25, 12:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord61 min
May 25, 12:19 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade56 min
May 25, 1:25 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark65 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.