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Flood Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 18, 202419 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flood watch at Jun 18, 2024, 12:37 AM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 18, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2024, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 18, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 19, 2024, 3:58 PM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:42 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 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 2024-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2344 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 2024-06-18The 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
2344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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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 18, 12:05 AM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:05 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:22 AM CDT, 21 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
322 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-180830-
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-
322 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024 /222 AM MDT Mon Jun 17 2024/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Strong surface winds today and tonight will be sustained out of
the south at 25-35 mph with gusts 50 mph or greater.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Tuesday a cold front will stall roughly along a Syracuse to Hays
line and storms will develop in the afternoon and continue through
the evening. These storms could contain large hail, damaging
winds, and heavy rainfall that could lead to localized flash
flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation won't be needed today.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 7 more3 hr
Jun 18, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego40 min
Jun 18, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney32 min
Jun 18, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane52 min
Jun 18, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego48 min
Jun 18, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness38 min
Jun 18, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEllis, Trego52 min
Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman47 min
Jun 18, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness50 min
Jun 18, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis39 min
Jun 18, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell34 min
Jun 18, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman48 min
Jun 18, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness45 min
Jun 18, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell27 min
Jun 18, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Ness, Rush52 min
Jun 18, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens48 min
Jun 18, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness and 1 more56 min
Jun 18, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward and 1 more46 min
Jun 18, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush32 min
Jun 18, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Ness and 1 more52 min
Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward and 1 more51 min
Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray44 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.