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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2021, 2:29 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
- May 24, 2021, 2:29 PM MDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2021, 5:00 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), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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, 8.5 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS53 KDDC 242029
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
229 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 630 PM MDT.
* At 229 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 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...
Coolidge.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
West Bridge Creek, East Bridge Creek, Plum Creek, Arkansas River,
Sand Creek, Cheyenne Creek and East Bridge Creek tributary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10178 3821 10177 3813 10184 3802 10196
3802 10203 3803 10204 3815 10197 3824 10186
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 3 HOURS
$$
BURGERT2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KDDC 242200
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
400 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hamilton KS-
400 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...
At 400 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Coolidge.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
West Bridge Creek, East Bridge Creek, Plum Creek, Arkansas River,
Sand Creek, Cheyenne Creek and East Bridge Creek tributary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10178 3821 10177 3813 10184 3802 10196
3802 10203 3803 10204 3815 10197 3824 10186
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
BURGERT052
WGUS73 KDDC 242300
FFSDDC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
500 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
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/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210525T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hamilton KS-
500 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING...
LAT...LON 3826 10178 3821 10177 3813 10184 3802 10196
3802 10203 3803 10204 3815 10197 3824 10186
$$
BURGERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 51 min |
| May 24, 1:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 55 min |
| May 24, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 63 min |
| May 24, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| May 24, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 66 min |
| May 24, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 55 min |
| May 24, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 67 min |
| May 24, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 57 min |
| May 24, 3:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 3 hr |
| May 24, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 21 min |
| May 24, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 33 min |
| May 24, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 55 min |
| May 24, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 56 min |
| May 24, 5:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 12 hr |
| May 24, 5:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 37 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 46 min |
| May 24, 5:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 31 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.