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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Goodland, KS

June 26, 1993Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1993, 8:01 PM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1993, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1993, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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 1993-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2851 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 1993-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
2851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace61 min
Jun 26, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWallace58 min
Jun 26, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley60 min
Jun 26, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita59 min
Jun 26, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley42 min
Jun 26, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita32 min

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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.