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Flood Watch 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 30, 2021Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flood watch at Jun 30, 2021, 10:26 AM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 30, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2021, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 30, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Flood severity
None

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2021-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

768 
WGUS63 KDDC 301526
FFADDC

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1026 AM CDT Wed Jun 30 2021

KSZ090-011800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FA.A.0003.210701T0200Z-210701T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Barber-
Including the cities of Kiowa and Medicine Lodge
1026 AM CDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flood Watch for a portion of south central Kansas, including the 
  following area, Barber.

* From 9 PM CDT this evening through Thursday afternoon

* Rains from Wednesday morning produced 5 to 6 inches in southeast 
  Barber county and there were reports of flooding near Kiowa.  An 
  inch or more of rain is possible tonight with another round of 
  storms moving through the area.

* Potential flooding for Barber county which may lead to road 
  closures.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become 
unstable and unsafe.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
615 
WGUS63 KDDC 010747
FFADDC

Flood Watch
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
247 AM CDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...Additional Rainfall Possible Thursday and Thursday Night...

KSZ090-011800-
/O.CON.KDDC.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-210701T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Barber-
Including the cities of Medicine Lodge and Kiowa
247 AM CDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

The Flood Watch continues for

* A portion of south central Kansas...including the following
  county... Barber.... 

* Until 1 PM CDT this afternoon

* Rains from Wednesday morning produced 5 to 6 inches in southeast
  Barber county and there were reports of flooding near Kiowa.
  Additional rainfall remains possible Thursday, and any
  additional rain on saturated soils would aggrevate the flooding
  threat. Additional locally heavy rain is possible in and near
  Barber county Thursday night. 

* Potential flooding for Barber county which may lead to road 
  closures. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.

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.

&&

$$

Turner

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:36 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Haskell and 5 more2 hr
Jun 30, 6:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber40 min
Jun 30, 8:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCBarber6 hr
Jun 30, 8:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCBarber3 hr

Nearby

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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.