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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Goodland, KS

July 7, 1996Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1996, 9:40 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1996, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1996, 3:40 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 1996-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1066 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 1996-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1066 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
12.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 080241
FFWGLD
KSC063-080840-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
840 PM MDT (940 PM CDT) SUN JUL 7 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND KS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 340 AM CDT (240 AM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY
 
AT 935 PM CDT THE GOVE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MANY SMALL
STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY... ALTHOUGH THE
SMOKY HILL RIVER HAD YET TO FLOOD.

GOODLAND RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
SINCE 5 PM CDT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SMOKY HILL RIVER BETWEEN THE
MONUMENT ROCKS AND HIGHWAY 23.  THE SMOKY HILL RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
FLOOD TONIGHT.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN...

ENTWISTLE

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 Jul 7, 3:22 PM CDT, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:22 PM CDT, 6 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
222 PM MDT (322 PM CDT) SUN JUL 7 1996

...TIMING OF FROPA...LINGERING CLOUDS/PCPN CHCS APR TO BE
FCST CHALLENGES THIS SHIFT...

  GOING FCST FOR TONITE LUKD FINE AND WENT W/50 POPS ALL BUT SRNMOST
ZNS. 12HR THKNS DIFFL AND SFC PATRN SCENARIO OF MOISTURE/BNDRIES
SCENARIO SIMILAR TO LAST EVE SO HAV SUM CONFIDENCE THAT NRN ZNS
HAV GOOD CHC FOR PCPN. WITH FROPA NORTH...WUD EXPECT THINGS TO MOV
CLOSER TO CWA AS NITE WEARS ON.
  BEYOND FIRST PD...MY FCST IS KEYED ON THE TIMING OF THE COLD
FRONT. BASED ON 84T...BAROCLINIC ZN SETTING UP TO NW AND BLV
CONVECTION TONITE WIL ASSIST FROPA TO SLIP ACRS HIER TERRAIN THRU CO
ZNS 90/91...NE ZNS 79/80...KS ZNS 1/2 BY/NR SUNRISE. REINFORCING
NLY BNDRY LYR FLO TO FOLLOW AND BE A TAD GUSTY ABT 1/2 OF OF
MONDAY...BUT SHUD DIMINISH AND HOPEFULLY CLR OUT THINGS. AM BETTING
THIS NRLY FLO AND LWR DPS WIL SHUT OFF PCPN CHCS AND AS WINDS GO L/V
MON NITE CLRG WIL DROP TEMPS INTO MID 50S MOST LOCALES.
  HAV LEFT RESIDUAL POPS IN KS ZNS 4/16/41/42 FOR LIFT AHD OF FROPA
AND LINGERING CLOUDS IN CONVECTION OVRNITE. DONT THINK UPSLOP TO
MAKE THINGS MESSY ALL DAY...SO IM IN GENRL AGREEMENT W/MOS NMBRS.
BUT WILL GO A PT OR TWO LWR FOR MINS WITH CLRG AND A PT HIER
FOR MAXES FOR SUM DAYTIME SUNSHINE. REGARDS TO TOP/GID...

GLD  064/080/054/081 5-00  HLC 067/082/056/083 5200
CBK  066/081/057/082 5-00  MCK 062/080/057/082 50-0
TRB  065/083/054/0"84 420-  ITR 063/078/054/080 5100
VOJTESAK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
COZ090>092-080415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
312 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT FOR YUMA...KIT
CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO...

A LINE OF STRONG-TO-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF LIMON WILL BE
MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS.

THIS LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TOWARDS THE
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BORDER. LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL... AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR IF A WARNING
IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
KSZ001-002-003-004-013-014-015-016-027-028-029-041-042-080100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
451 PM MDT (551 PM CDT) SUN JUL 7 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT)...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSA
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ANY TIME THIS EVENING. THE  GREATEST
THREAT WILL BE AFTER MID EVENING WHEN A LINE OF STORMS MOVES IN
FROM COLORADO. BESIDES DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL...THERE WILL ALSO BE
A THREAT OF FLOODING RAINS FROM THIS EVENINGS STORMS.

JJK
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
NEZ079-080-081-080100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
455 PM MDT (555 PM CDT) SUN JUL 7 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT)...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ANY TIME THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST
THREAT WILL BE AFTER MID EVENING WHEN A LINE OF STORMS MOVES IN
FROM COLORADO. BESIDES DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL...THERE WILL ALSO BE
A THREAT OF FLOODING RAINS FROM THIS EVENINGS STORMS.

JJK
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:10 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
COZ090>092-080415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
809 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 1996

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELED FOR CHEYENNE...KIT CARSON...AND YUMA
COUNTIES...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED OUT OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO BY 8 PM.
THESE STORMS STABILIZED THE AIR BEHIND THEM...ENDING THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE EVENING.

JJK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman64 min
Jul 7, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas65 min
Jul 7, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace64 min
Jul 7, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove61 min
Jul 7, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne49 min
Jul 7, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita63 min
Jul 7, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley50 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.