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Flood Watch 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 20, 202322 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2023-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1626 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2023-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
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

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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 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, Jul 20, 2:55 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 12:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton33 min
Jul 19, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego29 min
Jul 19, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton29 min
Jul 19, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEllis, Trego43 min
Jul 19, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Scott44 min
Jul 19, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens28 min
Jul 19, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis31 min
Jul 19, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess35 min
Jul 19, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny34 min
Jul 19, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney29 min
Jul 19, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray43 min
Jul 19, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford41 min
Jul 20, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray37 min
Jul 20, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt47 min
Jul 20, 12:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord39 min
Jul 20, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt45 min
Jul 20, 1:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark43 min
Jul 20, 1:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa50 min
Jul 20, 1:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Comanche47 min
Jul 20, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber54 min
Jul 20, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCScott46 min
Jul 20, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Lane, Scott38 min
Jul 20, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray29 min
Jul 20, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatDDCFinney, Gray, Scott51 min
Jul 20, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny49 min
Jul 20, 4:31 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCFinney, Gray29 min
Jul 20, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman29 min
Jul 20, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman25 min
Jul 20, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatDDCFinney, Ford, Gray52 min
Jul 20, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney35 min
Jul 20, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman28 min
Jul 20, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCHodgeman, Ness41 min
Jul 20, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman48 min
Jul 20, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa49 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.