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Flood Watch 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 7, 2022Ellis County, Rush County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flood watch at Jun 7, 2022, 2:14 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Trego County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 7, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2022, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 7, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 8, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 277 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2022-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2022-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jun 7, 1:57 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 1:57 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:32 AM CDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
332 AM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-080845-
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
332 AM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022 /232 AM MDT Tue Jun 7 2022/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this evening into
the overnight hours. A few storms may become severe with large
hail and damaging winds being the main concern.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday and Thursday
evening into the overnight periods. A few storms may become severe
with large hail and damaging winds being the main concern.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell47 min
Jun 6, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott45 min
Jun 6, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny35 min
Jun 6, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray44 min
Jun 6, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards27 min
Jun 6, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton40 min
Jun 6, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray37 min
Jun 6, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman48 min
Jun 6, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott43 min
Jun 6, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa53 min
Jun 6, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee44 min
Jun 6, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton38 min
Jun 6, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens44 min
Jun 6, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards29 min
Jun 6, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton44 min
Jun 6, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens52 min
Jun 6, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Seward42 min
Jun 6, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt26 min
Jun 6, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Morton25 min
Jun 6, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens46 min
Jun 6, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord36 min
Jun 7, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Seward, Stevens51 min
Jun 7, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward47 min

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.