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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 1995Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1995, 6:39 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 6:39 PM MDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 9:40 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 050050 COR
FFWGLD
COC063-125-050340-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
639 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 940 PM MDT (1040 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

   ...NORTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

   ...SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY

AT 636 PM MDT HEAVY RAINS WERE ALONG THE YUMA KIT CARSON COUNTY LINE
DUMPED 3 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE AREA. HIGHWAY 385 AND COUNTY ROAD TWO
HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS OF NORTHERN KIT CARSON AND
SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!


IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.

&              CORRECTION FOR WORKING
BOYLE

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.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 4, 2:24 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:24 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
224 PM MDT (324 PM CDT) SUN JUN 4 1995

DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE CWA...WILL GO WITH CURRENT FORECASTS.

TURNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:11 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
COZ091-092-042115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
211 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 210 PM MDT...WHILE NO PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED OVER CHEYENNE
AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 541 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION WILL BE CONTAINED
IN SHORT TERM FORECASTS.

TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:12 PM MDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
COZ091-092-042115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
211 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 210 PM MDT...WHILE NO PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED OVER CHEYENNE
AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 541 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THI
S EVENING IN THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION WILL BE CONTAINED
IN SHORT TERM FORECASTS.

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne63 min
Jun 4, 9:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma6 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.