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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2023, 3:29 PM CDT for Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2023, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2023, 6:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Grant County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
009
WGUS53 KDDC 152029
FFWDDC
KSC067-093-152330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0009.230615T2029Z-230615T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
329 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
Southwestern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 329 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Ulysses.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3781 10152 3779 10133 3759 10134 3761 10152
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
025 WGUS73 KDDC 152317 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 617 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023 KSC067-093-152327- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-230615T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Grant KS-Kearny KS- 617 PM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES... The heavy rain has ended. Areal flooding is still a concern through early Friday, and an areal Flood Warning will be replacing the Flash Flood Warning for this area. LAT...LON 3781 10152 3779 10133 3759 10134 3761 10152 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 67 min |
| Jun 15, 6:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 16 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 56 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.