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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood watch at Sep 29, 2021, 1:33 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 29, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2021, 1:33 AM CDT (06:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2021, 6:44 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
115 WGUS63 KDDC 290633 FFADDC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 133 AM CDT Wed Sep 29 2021 KSZ030-031-044>046-291445- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.A.0003.210930T0000Z-210930T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Trego-Ellis-Lane-Ness-Rush- Including the cities of Dighton, Hays, Ness City, Pfeifer, La Crosse, and Wakeeney 133 AM CDT Wed Sep 29 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Kansas and west central Kansas, including the following areas, in central Kansas, Ellis and Rush. In west central Kansas, Lane, Ness and Trego. * From this evening through Thursday morning. * Thunderstorms will be capable of producing excessive rainfall rates on the order of 1-2" per hour. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ SPRINGER
3 follow-up statements
582 WGUS63 KDDC 291742 FFADDC Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1242 PM CDT Wed Sep 29 2021 ...Thunderstorms With Heavy Rain Expected Tonight and Early Thursday... KSZ030-031-044>046-301200- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.A.0003.210930T0000Z-210930T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Trego-Ellis-Lane-Ness-Rush- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Dighton, Ness City, and La Crosse 1242 PM CDT Wed Sep 29 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of central Kansas and west central Kansas...including the following in central ...Kansas...Ellis and Rush. in west central Kansas...Lane...Ness and Trego. * From 7 PM CDT this evening through Thursday morning * Thunderstorms will be capable of producing excessive rainfall rates. Localized flooding of urban areas, streams and ditches is possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ Turner
981 WGUS63 KDDC 300500 FFADDC Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1200 AM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021 KSZ030-031-044>046-301500- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-210930T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Trego-Ellis-Lane-Ness-Rush- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Dighton, Ness City, and La Crosse 1200 AM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of central Kansas and west central Kansas...including the following in central ...Kansas...Ellis and Rush. In west central Kansas...Lane...Ness and Trego. * Until 10 AM CDT Thursday * Thunderstorms will be capable of producing excessive rainfall rates. Localized flooding of urban areas, streams and ditches is possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
294 WGUS63 KDDC 301144 FFADDC Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 644 AM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021 KSZ030-031-044>046-301245- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-210930T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Trego-Ellis-Lane-Ness-Rush- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Dighton, Ness City, and La Crosse 644 AM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Kansas and west central Kansas has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 45 min |
| Sep 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 43 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.