Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Watches in 2021
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood watch at May 16, 2021, 3:10 AM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It took effect at May 16, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2021, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 16, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2021, 4:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
022 WGUS63 KDDC 160810 FFADDC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 310 AM CDT Sun May 16 2021 KSZ043-044-162000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.A.0001.210517T0000Z-210517T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Scott-Lane- Including the cities of Scott City, Dighton, and Scott State Lake 310 AM CDT Sun May 16 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for a portion of west central Kansas, including the following areas, Lane and Scott. * From this evening through Monday morning * One to locally up to three inches of rain fell across portions of Scott and Lane County late Saturday evening. Another round of heavy rain-producing thunderstorms is expected to move across west central Kansas again tonight, which could lead to a flash flooding risk * High rainfall rates from strong to severe thunderstorms could lead to flash flooding where already saturated conditions exist. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not enter or cross flowing water or water of unknown depth. && $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
281 WGUS63 KDDC 161905 FFADDC Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 205 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021 KSZ043-044-170930- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.A.0001.210517T0000Z-210517T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Scott-Lane- Including the cities of Scott City, Dighton, and Scott State Lake 205 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * A portion of west central Kansas, including the following areas, Lane and Scott. * From 7 PM CDT this evening through Monday morning * One to locally up to three inches of rain fell across portions of Scott and Lane County late Saturday evening. Another round of heavy rain-producing thunderstorms is expected to move across west central Kansas again tonight, which could lead to a flash flooding risk * High rainfall rates from strong to severe thunderstorms could lead to flash flooding where already saturated conditions exist. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not enter or cross flowing water or water of unknown depth. && $$ BURGERT
106 WGUS63 KDDC 170931 FFADDC Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 431 AM CDT Mon May 17 2021 KSZ043-044-171045- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-210517T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Scott-Lane- Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, and Dighton 431 AM CDT Mon May 17 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for a portion of west central Kansas has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 49 min |
| May 15, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 41 min |
| May 15, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 35 min |
| May 15, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 48 min |
| May 15, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 46 min |
| May 15, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 43 min |
| May 15, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 42 min |
| May 15, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 38 min |
| May 15, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 23 min |
| May 15, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Wichita | 41 min |
| May 15, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 52 min |
| May 15, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 49 min |
| May 15, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 44 min |
| May 15, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 41 min |
| May 15, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 36 min |
| May 15, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 42 min |
| May 15, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 18 min |
| May 15, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 38 min |
| May 15, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 47 min |
| May 15, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 34 min |
| May 15, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 14 min |
| May 15, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 23 min |
| May 15, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Meade | 43 min |
| May 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 45 min |
| May 16, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 27 min |
| May 16, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 45 min |
| May 16, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 47 min |
| May 16, 1:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Scott | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 56 min |
| May 16, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 40 min |
| May 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Rush | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.