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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 1990, 5:39 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1990, 5:39 PM MDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1990, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOS 092339
FFWCOS
COC041-100145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
539 PM MDT MON JUL 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO
EL PASO
FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG MONUMENT CREEK AND FOUNTAIN CREEK FROM
CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS TO THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN. THE PUBLIC
HAS ALREADY REPORTED FLOODING CONDITIONS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP
IN THESE AREAS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET AND INTER-
SECTION FLOODING IN COLORADO SPRINGS...WIDEFIELD AND SECURITY.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..GO TO A STURDY SHELTER AWAY
FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER LOW AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. REMEMBER...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER
60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD
LOW LYING AREAS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
HEAVY RAIN IS STILL FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS...
SECURITY AND FOUNTAIN.
CROWLEYWhat 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 9, 4:41 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
KSZ001-002-005-005-008-092345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 535 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990 AT 535 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTCENTRAL KANSAS. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE STORMS EXTEND FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND NEAR TRIBUNE. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY..JUST TO THE NORTH OF LEOTI. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ATT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS. FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:11 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ001-002-005-005-008-100030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 608 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990 AT 605 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 50 MILES WIDE AREA FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF HAY NEAR LA CROSSE TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND..OR 10 MILES NORTH OF TRIBUNE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTHWEST TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY ACROSS NORTHERN WIzCHITA COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS. FREIBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 4:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 45 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.