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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 2026Haskell County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2026, 1:38 AM CDT for Haskell County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
May 28, 2026, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2026, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2026-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 195 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 2026-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

873 
WGUS53 KDDC 280638
FFWDDC
KSC081-119-175-280945-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0002.260528T0638Z-260528T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
138 AM CDT Thu May 28 2026

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...
  Western Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
  Seward County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 445 AM CDT.

* At 138 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  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...
  Satanta, Kismet and Plains.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3743 10055 3700 10043 3700 10051 3700 10054
      3700 10055 3700 10058 3700 10061 3700 10063
      3700 10064 3700 10069 3700 10073 3700 10076
      3710 10079 3720 10099 3748 10108

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

HOVORKA

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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.