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Flood Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Ness | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness and 1 more | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Ness and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 44 min |
Nearby
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.