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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

August 7, 1992Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 1992, 6:30 AM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 1992, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1992, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Decatur County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1552 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
1552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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What 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

Local storm report, Aug 7, 12:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1033 PM MST THU AUG 06 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR THU AUGUST 6 1992

TIME MST     COUNTY        LOCATION              REPORT

2028 MST     RAWLINS      9E ATWOOD            HAIL .75
2102 MST     DECATUR      5W NORCATUR          TSTM WIND 60 MPH ROCKING
                                               CARS AND TRUCKS ON HWY.
2125 MST     NORTON       NORTON               TSTM WIND 60-70 MPH.
221"2 MST     PHILLIPS     PRAIRIE VIEW         TSTM WIND 60-70 MPH.
2220 MST     PHILLIPS     PHILLIPSBURG         TSTM WIND 70 MPH. POWER
                                               OUTAGES & TREE LIMBS DOWN
MYERS
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ004-007-070645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1144 PM MDT (1244 AM CDT) THU AUG 6 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PHILLIPS COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG WITH
HEAVY RAIN..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH REPORTED IN
THE PHILLIPSBURG AND KIRWIN AREA.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYS NEAR
HILL CITY TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG.  MOVMENT WAS EAST AT
30 TO 35 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS..DEADLY LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WEBSTER RESERVOIR AND STOCKTON BY 1AM CDT.

FREIBURGER

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
KSZ008-070730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1229 AM MDT (129 AM CDT) FRI AUG 7 1992

AT 128 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED
OUT OF NORTHWEST KANSAS.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE HERE IN GOODLAND UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP.

JENNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins55 min
Aug 6, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton68 min
Aug 6, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDPhillips55 min
Aug 7, 2:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur4 hr

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.