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Flood Watch 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 10, 20258 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flood watch at Aug 10, 2025, 6:07 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 10, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2025, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 10, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 11, 2025, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2025-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2025-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 10, 5:26 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 5:26 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 2:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
205 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-111000-
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-
205 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025 /105 PM MDT Sun Aug 10 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this evening and
overnight. Wind gusts in excess of 60 to 70 mph and hail as large
as ping pong ball size are the main concerns. Locally heavy rain
is expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Reports of severe weather, heavy rainfall, and flooding are
appreciated.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis40 min
Aug 10, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton44 min
Aug 10, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny57 min
Aug 10, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott26 min
Aug 10, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott51 min
Aug 10, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton50 min
Aug 10, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane52 min
Aug 10, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney41 min
Aug 10, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess70 min
Aug 10, 3:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny35 min
Aug 10, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego54 min
Aug 10, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis71 min
Aug 10, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis29 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.