Alert archive / Kansas / Flood Watches in 2021
Flood Watch 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flood watch at May 30, 2021, 1:51 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 30, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2021, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2021, 2:12 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
269 WGUS63 KDDC 301851 FFADDC URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 151 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021 KSZ074>078-080-084>089-310300- /O.NEW.KDDC.FA.A.0002.210531T0000Z-210531T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Kiowa-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Clark-Comanche- Including the cities of Sublette, Dodge City, Ulysses, Johnson City, Montezuma, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Elkhart, Plains City, Greensburg, Cimarron, Meade, Minneola, Liberal, Satanta, Fowler, Ashland, Haviland, Coldwater, and Hugoton 151 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flood Watch for portions of south central Kansas and southwest Kansas, including the following areas, in south central Kansas, Comanche and Kiowa. In southwest Kansas, Clark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stanton and Stevens. * From 7 PM CDT this evening through Monday morning * Showers and thunderstorms are expected to drop 2-3+" of precipitation across the warned area this evening through the overnight period. * Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms could lead to flooding of low-lying areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not enter or cross flowing water or water of unknown depth. A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. && $$ SPRINGER
3 follow-up statements
779 WGUS63 KDDC 301914 FFADDC Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 214 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021 KSZ074>078-080-084>089-310315- /O.CON.KDDC.FA.A.0002.210531T0000Z-210531T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Kiowa-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Clark-Comanche- Including the cities of Sublette, Dodge City, Ulysses, Johnson City, Montezuma, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Elkhart, Plains City, Greensburg, Cimarron, Meade, Minneola, Liberal, Satanta, Fowler, Ashland, Haviland, Coldwater, and Hugoton 214 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... The Flood Watch continues for * Portions of south central Kansas and southwest Kansas, including the following areas, in south central Kansas, Comanche and Kiowa. In southwest Kansas, Clark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stanton and Stevens. * From 7 PM CDT this evening through Monday morning * Showers and thunderstorms are expected to drop 2-3+" of precipitation across the watch area this evening through the overnight period. * Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms could lead to flooding of low-lying areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not enter or cross flowing water or water of unknown depth. A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. && $$ SPRINGER
088 WGUS63 KDDC 310210 FFADDC Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 910 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021 KSZ074>078-080-084>089-311200- /O.CON.KDDC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210531T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Kiowa-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Clark-Comanche- Including the cities of Sublette, Dodge City, Ulysses, Johnson City, Montezuma, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Elkhart, Plains City, Greensburg, Cimarron, Meade, Minneola, Liberal, Satanta, Fowler, Ashland, Haviland, Coldwater, and Hugoton 910 PM CDT Sun May 30 2021 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY... The Flood Watch continues for * Portions of south central Kansas and southwest Kansas, including the following areas, in south central Kansas, Comanche and Kiowa. In southwest Kansas, Clark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stanton and Stevens. * Until 7 AM CDT Monday * Showers and thunderstorms are expected to drop 2-3+" of precipitation across the watch area through the overnight period. * Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms could lead to flooding of low-lying areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not enter or cross flowing water or water of unknown depth. A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. && $$ FINCH
887 WGUS63 KDDC 310712 FFADDC Flood Watch National Weather Service Dodge City KS 212 AM CDT Mon May 31 2021 ...Rain Ending Across Southwest Kansas... KSZ074>078-080-084>089-310815- /O.CAN.KDDC.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210531T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Kiowa-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Clark-Comanche- Including the cities of Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Greensburg, Haviland, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, and Protection 212 AM CDT Mon May 31 2021 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flood Watch for portions of south central Kansas and southwest Kansas has been cancelled. Remaining moderate rain from Greensburg to Coldwater as of 2 AM will move east out of the area over the next hour. $$ Turner
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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.