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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 2021Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1303 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton49 min
May 15, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton41 min
May 15, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane35 min
May 15, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stevens48 min
May 15, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray46 min
May 15, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott43 min
May 15, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane42 min
May 15, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens38 min
May 15, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray23 min
May 15, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCWichita41 min
May 15, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford52 min
May 15, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott49 min
May 15, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis44 min
May 15, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward41 min
May 15, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens36 min
May 15, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego42 min
May 15, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford18 min
May 15, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney38 min
May 15, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell, Seward47 min
May 15, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford34 min
May 15, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego14 min
May 15, 11:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis23 min
May 15, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray, Meade43 min
May 16, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee45 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford27 min
May 16, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott45 min
May 16, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush47 min
May 16, 1:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCScott3 hr
May 16, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton56 min
May 16, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush51 min
May 16, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush40 min
May 16, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCRush3 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.