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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2021, 5:49 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 12, 2021, 5:49 PM MDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 8:39 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS53 KDDC 122349
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KSC075-130300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0013.210812T2349Z-210813T0300Z/
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
549 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 900 PM MDT.
* At 549 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible
in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Coolidge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3820 10204 3825 10155 3818 10154 3805 10173
3801 10204 3803 10204 3804 10204 3805 10204
3808 10204 3811 10204 3813 10204 3815 10204
3817 10204 3819 10204
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
BURGERT2 follow-up statements
302
WGUS73 KDDC 130214
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
814 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC075-130300-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210813T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hamilton KS-
814 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...
At 814 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms continue across
the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned
area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Coolidge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3820 10204 3825 10155 3818 10154 3805 10173
3801 10204 3803 10204 3804 10204 3805 10204
3808 10204 3811 10204 3813 10204 3815 10204
3817 10204 3819 10204
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
BURGERT967
WGUS73 KDDC 130239
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
839 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC075-130249-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210813T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hamilton KS-
839 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING...
LAT...LON 3820 10204 3825 10155 3818 10154 3805 10173
3801 10204 3803 10204 3804 10204 3805 10204
3808 10204 3811 10204 3813 10204 3815 10204
3817 10204 3819 10204
$$
BURGERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 7:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 1:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 3:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 4:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 46 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.