Flash Flooding 06/30.
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Flash Flooding 06/30.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 30, 4:25 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 525 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight through Sunday morning, which will mainly be sub-severe. - Summertime heat returns Monday with afternoon highs in the upper 90s/near 100. - Precipitation chances exist each day through the period, with the best chance on Wednesday. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 230 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 Infrared satellite and KDDC radar observations reveal scattered thunderstorms are increasing in coverage within an area of WAA across the central plains. Recent runs of the HREF suggest this activity will increase in coverage through the overnight period and into Sunday morning, bringing widespread rain to southwest KS as HREF probability of QPF > 0.5" is in the 60-80% range for much of the area. Some of these thunderstorms reaching severe criteria cannot be ruled out given around 30 kts of 0-6km shear, however, meager instability should make any severe convection very few and far between. By early afternoon Sunday, CAMs indicate convective activity will be winding down/moving northeast of our area, but widespread cloud cover will persist, limiting afternoon temperatures to well below normal with highs ranging from the mid 80s southwest to the mid 70s northeast. Another round of thunderstorms is possible late Sunday afternoon into the overnight hours as convection moves off the higher terrain in CO into western KS, but coverage will be much lower with only slight chance (15-24%) to low-end chance (25-54%) pops across the northern zones. Daytime Monday, the summertime heat returns with a vengeance as clear skies, a strong upper level ridge over the southern plains, and downsloping surface southwesterly flow across the central plains combine to send afternoon temperatures above normal with highs in the upper 90s/near 100. A few scattered showers/thunderstorms are possible once again Monday afternoon and evening as a cold front associated with a surface low located over south-central Canada drifts southward into our area, however coverage will be similarly low to Sunday night with only slight chance (15-24%) to low-end chance (25-54%) pops. Tuesday through the end of the work week will feature daily opportunities for precipitation, likely in the form of sub- severe thunderstorms, as the mid-level jet remains over roughly the northern half of the CONUS, which is just close enough to southwest KS to support convective activity. Currently, the best chance for precipitation appears to be Wednesday as the LREF probability of QPF > 0.1" is in the 40-80% range for our entire area. This will also be accompanied by below normal temperatures as NBM highs are only in the mid/upper 80s. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/... Issued at 525 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 Widespread showers and thunderstorms continue across much of southwest KS, bringing TSRA/VCTS and MVFR/IFR cigs to all terminals. These conditions will continue through late morning/early afternoon Sunday when convection begins to diminish allowing cigs to rise to low-end VFR. Late in the period, abundant moisture and cool temperatures will support a return in MVFR/IFR cigs to DDC and HYS, while GCK and LBL remain in VFR. Regarding winds, current east/northeast winds aoa 12 kts will gradually veer to south-southeasterly by the end of the period. && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch until noon CDT today for KSZ066-074>081-084>090. && DISCUSSION...Springer AVIATION...Springer
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 304 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-010815- 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- 304 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 /204 AM MDT Sun Jun 30 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 Slow moving and training thunderstorms early this morning through early afternoon will foster a flood risk. Therefore, a Flood Watch is in effect for roughly the southern half of our area through noon CDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. Springer
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:59 UTC.
14 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous streets with water over the roads, especially low spot intersections in town.
Water running over highway.
Road over highway.
Water rescue at underpass road.
Kdot and EM reported water over highway 400 at mile marker 144.
Water reported over the road in several spots along Saddle Road, including the intersection of 103 and 104.
Water reported over the road at jewel road and jewel place. just outside of wright.
K-dot reported water over Highway 34 at location.
Social media report with pictures showing water over a county road at this location.
Water over the road at saddle road and Road 116.
Four inches of water on the roadway at this location.
Heavy rain over highway.
Private weather station via weather underground reported 11.85 inches of rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2024
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1192378, 1192379, 1192380, 1192382, 1192383, 1192384, 1192385, 1192386, 1192387, 1192388, 1192390, 1192391, 1192392, 1192393, 1192394.