Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1989, 10:14 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1989, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1989, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rooks County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGLD 150314
FFWGLD
KSC163-150630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1014 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
ROOKS
AT 1010 PM CDT HEAVY RAINS WITH 2.50 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF SOLOMON RIVER
IN ROOKS COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED IN STOCKTON
KANSAS
A FLASH FLOOD WARMING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES
..DIPS..OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A
FLOWING STREAM..EVEN A SMALL ONE..ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS
WHEN HEAVY RAIN THREATENS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOG;NIZE THE DANGERS
OF FLOOD WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED..ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATERS BEGINS RISING.
BOYLEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
TTAAKS KGLD 142337 KSZ002-005-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 635 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 625 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKEN OVER WICHITA COUNTY NORTH OF LEOTI ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A ISOLATED BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 60 MILES EAST .SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS EAST OF OAKLEY ALONG I-70. HEAVY RAINS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM MOVES EAST AT 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
TTAAKS KGLD 150009 KSZ004-005-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 710 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 700 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS IN DECATUR COUNTY.. NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF OBERLIN KANSAS. ANOTHER STORM WAS NORTH OF NORTON KANSAS. MOVEMENT WILL LIKELY BE EAST. HEAVYa RAINS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 8:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TTAAKS KGLD 150135 KSZ004-007-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 835 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN NORTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 830 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 TO 15 EAST AND NORTHEAST OF NORTON KANSAS AND WERE MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR ABOUT 65 TO 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYS. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO EARLIER THIS EVENING IN NORTON COUNTY BUT HAVE WEAKENED SENSE. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ALMENA NORTHEAST OF NORTON KANSAS. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH AND 7 MILES EAST OF NORTON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ004-007-150200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 835 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN NORTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 830 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 TO 15 EAST AND NORTHEAST OF NORTON KANSAS AND WERE MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR ABOUT 65 TO 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYS. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO EARLIER THIS EVENING IN NORTON COUNTY BUT HAVE WEAKENED SENSE. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ALMENA NORTHEAST OF NORTON KANSAS. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH AND 7 MILES EAST OF NORTON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KSZ004-007-150245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 910 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 900 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKEN A LITTLE OVER PHILLIPS COUNTY ABOUT 65 TO 70 MILES NORTH OF HAYS. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PHILLIPSBURG. SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 15 MPH. ONOTHER STORM WAS SOUTH OF HOXIE KANSAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:27 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ004-007-150330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 925 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 920 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKEN A LITTLE OVER PHILLIPS COUNTY ABOUT 65 TO 70 MILES NORTH OF HAYS. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PHILLIPSBURG. SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE DRY CREEK BEDS TO RUN FULL OR CAUSE POOLING OF WATER ALONG ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS CREATING A HAZARD FOR MOTORIST. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS GO TO A SAFE PLACE SUCH AS A BASEMENT. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 44 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.