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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 6, 2024Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2024, 6:22 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 7 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
Jul 6, 2024, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2024-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 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 2024-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-250 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

457 
WGUS53 KDDC 062322
FFWDDC
KSC101-171-070600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0013.240706T2322Z-240707T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
622 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Lane County in west central Kansas...
  Northeastern Scott County in west central Kansas...

* Until 100 AM CDT Sunday.

* At 622 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 2 
  hours. Flash flooding is already occurring.

  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...
  Healy, Manning and Shields.

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 3861 10088 3869 10091 3870 10069 3870 10047
      3870 10045 3870 10038 3870 10036 3863 10034
      3855 10033 3853 10057 3852 10084

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 2 HOURS

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatDDCTrego53 min
Jul 6, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott47 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatDDCLane, Scott61 min
Jul 6, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatDDCNess, Trego46 min
Jul 6, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatDDCLane, Ness, Scott, Trego56 min
Jul 6, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Finney, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush, Scott60 min
Jul 6, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Scott30 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.