Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 1996, 9:45 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 13, 1996, 9:45 PM MDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1996, 12:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 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 KGLD 140346 FFWGLD KSC199-140645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 945 PM MDT THU JUN 13 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND KS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES RATTLESNAKE GULCH... GOOSE CREEK FROM RATTLESNAKE GULCH TO THE SMOKEY HILL RIVER... WILLOW CREEK... AND THE SMOKEY HILL RIVER FROM WILLOW CREEK TO SOUTH OF WALLACE. AT 940 PM MDT GOODLAND RADAR INDICATED MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 730 PM OVER NORTHWEST WALLACE COUNTY... JUST SOUTH OF MOUNT SUNFLOWER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 Jun 13, 2:45 PM MDT, 7 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:45 PM MDT, 7 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORR TO MINOR WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 232 PM MDT (332 PM CDT) THU JUN 13 1996 WIL SHY AWAY FRM DRY/WARM AVN RUN AND SIDE WITH ETA SOLN. WIL CONSIDER NGM PCPN GUID BUT FEEL AS DOES NMC THAT NGM IS WAY TOO FAST WITH ENTIRE SYSTEM. WHOLE FCST USES A MIX OF SVRL ASSUMPTIONS IN THE MODEL DATA. IMPULSE DVLPG ALG UPWIND SIDE OF RIDGE MEANS WET AND CLOUDY. MAIN ENERGY PEGGED OVR MUCH OF CWA XCPT FOR EXTRM ERN ZONES. WITH LGT WINDS...HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE FROM YUM TO MCK...TO TRB BEGINNING AFTN/TONITE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTN. WITH MUCH H7 AND H5 MOISTURE AND SELY SFC FLO FEEDING LO LVLS...TEMPS WILL BE COOLER OVR HIER TERRAIN OF NWRN CWA THAN SERN CWA. WENT GNRLY ABV NGM POPS FOR ALL FOUR PDS. COORD W/DDC...DEN AND OMA. GLD 063/085/060/084 4674 HLC 064/090/065/087 3465 CBK 064/086/061/085 4674 MCK 057/082/063/080 3465 TRB 062/089/062/088 3465 ITR 059/082/054/0Z78 5564 VOJTESAK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:20 PM MDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
NEZ079>081-140025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 520 PM MDT (620 PM CDT) THU JUN 13 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA SHOWS NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA... BUT STORMS COULD DEVELOP FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON TO NEAR MCCOOK BY 7 PM CDT (6 PM MDT). OTHER STORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS OF DUNDY COUNTY. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMA2TION. ENTWISTLE
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
NEZ079>081-140140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 636 PM MDT (736 PM CDT) THU JUN 13 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT)... AT 730 PM CDT (630 PM MDT) RADAR AND STATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER DUNDY... HITCHCOCK... AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH PLATTE AREA AND CLOUDS WERE ORGANIZING SOUTH OF THERE. STORMS COULD DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE TRENTON AND MCCOOK AREAS BY 9 PM CDT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. ENTWISTLE
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
NEZ079>081-140235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 734 PM MDT (834 PM CDT) THU JUN 13 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT)... AT 830 PM CDT (730 PM MDT) NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN DUNDY... HITCHCOCK... AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES. STORMS IN THE NORTH PLATTE AREA HAVE NOT DEVELOPED SOUTHWARD AS WAS EXPECTED EARLIER... AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE THREE COUNTY AREA. CONDITIONS ARE STILL FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...SUCH AS TOWERING THUNDERHEADS... LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ENTWISTLE
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:28 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-NEZ079>081-140630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 928 PM MDT (1028 PM CDT) THU JUN 13 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT (3 AM MDT) FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES NORTH OF A TRENTON TO MCCOOK LINE WILL REACH NORTHEAST HITCHCOCK AND NORTH RED WILLOW COUNTIES AROUND MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... SO BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. A SECOND AREA OF CONCERN IS A DEVELOPING LINE OF STORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF WESKAN KANSAS /30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND/ TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF ARAPAHOE COLORADO /14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS/. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAINS... AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL RATES OF MORE THAN TWO INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY GOODLAND RADAR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED... CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SEVERE WEATHER CONSISTS OF HAIL OF DIME SIZE OR LARGER... WINDS STRONGER THAN 60 MPH... BUILDING DAMAGE... OR TREE LIMBS BIGGER THAN ONE INCH AROUND BEING BROKEN BY THE WIND. ENTWISTLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 12:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 66 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.