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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2021, 4:11 AM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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 16, 2021, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2021, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
510
WGUS53 KDDC 160911
FFWDDC
KSC083-161315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0015.210816T0911Z-210816T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
411 AM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 815 AM CDT.
* At 411 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across 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...
mainly rural areas of Southwestern Hodgeman County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 10022 3813 9994 3792 9991 3792 10020
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 24 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.