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Flood Watch 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flood watch at Jul 20, 2023, 3:44 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jul 20, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2023, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 20, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Flood severity
- None
All 22 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -3.0
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 Jul 20, 3:20 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:20 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 255 AM CDT Thu Jul 20 2023 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-210800- 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- 255 AM CDT Thu Jul 20 2023 /155 AM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Severe thunderstorms are likely to roll across southwest KS tomorrow afternoon into the overnight hours. Primary hazard will be damaging wind gusts in excess of 70 mph, however an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. Springer
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 12:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Pratt | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 1:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Scott | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 49 min |
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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.