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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2021Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2021, 2:20 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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: May 26, 2021, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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
May 26, 5:19 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Toulon, KS	WATER WAS RUNNING OVER THE ROADS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS BETWEEN HAYS AND MUNJOR. AT THIS TIME THE WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE.

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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 2211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

678 
WGUS53 KDDC 261920
FFWDDC
KSC051-262315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0011.210526T1920Z-210526T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
220 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 220 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. 2 to 3 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...
  Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Yocemento, Munjor and Toulon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3889 9956 3882 9938 3871 9923 3883 9912
      3899 9938 3900 9958 3889 9957

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

BURGERT

1 follow-up statement

295 
WGUS73 KDDC 262312
FFSDDC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
612 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC051-262322-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ellis KS-
612 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY...

Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to 
heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3889 9956 3882 9938 3871 9923 3883 9912
      3899 9938 3900 9958 3889 9957

$$

BURGERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	31 min
May 25, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	31 min
May 25, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	29 min
May 25, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	24 min
May 26, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	29 min
May 26, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	36 min
May 26, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	43 min
May 26, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	63 min
May 26, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	43 min
May 26, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	67 min
May 26, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	50 min
May 26, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	43 min
May 26, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	50 min
May 26, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	57 min
May 26, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	48 min
May 26, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ellis	16 min
May 26, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	22 min
May 26, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	47 min
May 26, 6:52 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DDC	Ellis	30 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.