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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2021Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2021, 3:58 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny 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, 3:58 PM MDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 6:58 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WGUS53 KDDC 242158
FFWDDC
KSC075-093-250200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0008.210524T2158Z-210525T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 800 PM MDT /900 PM CDT/.

* At 358 PM MDT /458 PM CDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 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...
  mainly rural areas of Northeastern Hamilton and Northwestern 
  Kearny Counties

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3811 10157 3810 10160 3813 10165 3826 10158
      3826 10157 3826 10156 3826 10155 3826 10154
      3826 10151 3826 10150 3826 10148 3826 10147
      3826 10145 3826 10144 3826 10143 3821 10136
      3809 10149

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-3 INCHES IN 4 HOURS 

$$

BURGERT
1 follow-up statement
916 
WGUS73 KDDC 250058
FFSDDC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
658 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

KSC075-093-250108-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210525T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hamilton KS-Kearny KS-
658 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021 /758 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021/

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN 
KEARNY COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING...

LAT...LON 3811 10157 3810 10160 3813 10165 3826 10158
      3826 10157 3826 10156 3826 10155 3826 10154
      3826 10151 3826 10150 3826 10148 3826 10147
      3826 10145 3826 10144 3826 10143 3821 10136
      3809 10149

$$

BURGERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 1:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton51 min
May 24, 1:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton55 min
May 24, 2:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton63 min
May 24, 2:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton3 hr
May 24, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny46 min
May 24, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott66 min
May 24, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny55 min
May 24, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton67 min
May 24, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny57 min
May 24, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott37 min
May 24, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton21 min
May 24, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott33 min
May 24, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny55 min
May 24, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane56 min
May 24, 5:00 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHamilton12 hr
May 24, 5:23 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCKearny37 min
May 24, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton46 min
May 24, 5:59 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCKearny31 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.