Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 1997, 12:31 AM CDT for Graham 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
- Sep 15, 1997, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 1997, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Graham County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 150531 FFWGLD KSC065-150830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1131 PM MDT (1231 AM CDT) SUN SEP 14 1997 * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * SOME STREAMS AFFECTED TRIBUTARIES OF THE SOUTH FORK SOLOMON RIVER TRIBUTARIES OF THE SALINE RIVER * CAUSE AND EFFECT WATER IS COVERING ROADS NORTH OF ST PETER AND SPOTTERS IN MORLAND AND PENOKEE ARE ESTIMATING 2 TO 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR IS FALLING. GOODLAND RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES ARE NOTED OVER THE AREA. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! 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 Sep 14, 3:08 PM CDT, 9 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 3:08 PM CDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 208 PM MDT (308 PM CDT) SUN SEP 14 1997 ...FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE POSITION OF LEE TROUGH THROUGH FIRST THREE PERIODS...THEN TIMING OF FROPA TUESDAY... ETA/AVN CLOSE ON INITIALIZATION THIS MORNING AND WITH 18 UTC SURFACE PRESSURE VERIFICATION...SO WILL LEAN TOWARD THEM EARLY IN THE PACKAGE. ETA HAD VERY GOOD VORT FIELD VERIFICATION USING WIND PROFILERS AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...SO WILL LEAN TO IT IN THE OUT PERIODS. LEE TROUGH TO MOVE EAST INTO KANSAS...POSSIBLY REACHING A COLBY TO LEOTI LINE BY 12 UTC MONDAY...THEN WASH OUT AS NEW TROUGH RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES OVER COLORADO PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING SHORTWAVE. SHORTWAVE. THIS SHORTWAVE INFLUENCES THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY MORNING... AND PACIFIC FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH INTO AREA. BUT MOISTURE IS LIMITED AT MID LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERE...PER TIME/HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS...AND GUIDANCE POPS...THEREFORE... APPEAR REASONABLE. TUESDAY...FROPA...BUT JUST WHERE IS THE QUESTION. AVN PUSHES FRONT WELL BY CWA BY TUESDAY MORNING...WHEREAS ETA HAS IT LYING ON A GOODLAND TO ELKHART LINE BY TUESDAY MORNING. WILL LEAN MORE TOWARD ETA SOLUTION SINCE IT APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT WITH ITS UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS. AVN UPPER DYNAMICS SIMILAR TO ETA BY 48 HOURS...AND SUGGESTS WITH SHORTWAVE LIFTING NORTHEAST THAT FRONT SHOULD STALL EITHER NEAR OR OVER EAST AND SOUTH PARTS OF CWA. WITH WEAK UPSLOPE AND LOWERING HEIGHTS...WILL AIM ABOVE GUIDANCE... ESPECIALLY SINCE MOISTURE WILL STILL BE AROUND FOR ISENTROPIC LIFTING MECHANISMS TO WORK WITH. TEMP FORECASTS ARE SIMILAR AMONG THE THREE MODELS THROUGH FIRST TWO PERIODS...AND WILL STAY NEAR GUIDANCE EXCEPT WHERE TROUGH AXIS CROSSES CWA DURING EARLY MORNING. THOSE SPOTS WILL GET FORECASTS ONE CATEGORY LOWER THAN GUIDANCE DUE TO A PERIOD OF LIGHT WIND AND CLEAR SKIES ALLOWING FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING AND DRYING. MONDAY NIGHT...ABOUT A CATEGORY ABOVE TONIGHT DUE TO STRONGER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASED CLOUDS. TUESDAY...ABOUT A CATEGORY COOLER THAN MONDAY DUE TO CLOUDS. COOLER AIR BEHIND PACIFIC FRONT WILL NOT REALLY PUSH IN UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. .GLD...NONE. ENTWISTLE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 14, 8:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...ADDED NEW REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
652 PM MST SUN SEP 14 1997
TIME(MST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0422 PM ST FRANCIS KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 CHEYENNE
0425 PM ST FRANCIS KS 1 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 CHEYENNE REPORTED AT THE POWER
PLANT
0544 PM 2 NW MC COOK NE 70 MPH TSTM GUST
09/14/97 RED WILLOW REPORTED BY MC COOK POLICE
0552 PM 2 SW ATWOOD KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 RAWLINS VIA KSN
0554 PM 1 N MC COOK NE 70 MPH TSTM GUST
09/14/97 RED WILLOW REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0604 PM 2 SW ATWOOD KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 RAWLINS STRONG WINDS KNOCKED DOWN
TREE TOPS. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.Local storm report, Sep 14, 9:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...ADDED NEW REPORTS...TIMES NOW MDT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
842 PM MDT SUN SEP 14 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0522 PM ST FRANCIS KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 CHEYENNE
0525 PM ST FRANCIS KS 1 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 CHEYENNE REPORTED AT THE POWER
PLANT
0644 PM 2 NW MC COOK NE 70 MPH TSTM GUST
09/14/97 RED WILLOW REPORTED BY MC COOK POLICE
0652 PM 2 SW ATWOOD KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 RAWLINS VIA KSN
0654 PM 1 N MC COOK NE 70 MPH TSTM GUST
09/14/97 RED WILLOW REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0704 PM 2 SW ATWOOD KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 RAWLINS STRONG WINDS KNOCKED DOWN
TREE TOPS. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0801 PM OBERLIN MUNI AIRPORT KS 60 MPH TSTM WIND
09/14/97 DECATUR SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORT
0816 PM 14 SW OBERLIN KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 DECATUR
0838 PM COLBY KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 THOMAS FROM RADIO CLUB
ENTWISTLELocal storm report, Sep 14, 10:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
921 PM MDT SUN SEP 14 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0858 PM 11 S OBERLIN KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 DECATUR
0906 PM 8 SW DRESDEN KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 DECATUR HWY 9 AT MILEPOST 7
ENTWISTLELocal storm report, Sep 14, 11:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
1017 PM MDT SUN SEP 14 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1012 PM STUDLEY KS 60 MPH TSTM WIND
09/14/97 SHERIDAN SHERIFFS SPOTTER REPORT
ENTWISTLELocal storm report, Sep 14, 11:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
1017 PM MDT SUN SEP 14 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1012 PM STUDLEY KS 60 MPH TSTM WIND
09/14/97 SHERIDAN SHERIFFS SPOTTER REPORT
ENTWISTLELocal storm report, Sep 15, 12:07 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
1107 PM MDT SUN SEP 14 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 PM 9 W HILL CITY KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
09/14/97 GRAHAM ALSO HEAVY RAIN AND 45 MPH
WIND
1034 PM MORLAND KS 65 MPH TSTM WIND
09/14/97 GRAHAM ALSO .75 INCH HAIL
ENTWISTLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 49 min |
| Sep 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 48 min |
| Sep 14, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 64 min |
| Sep 14, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 61 min |
| Sep 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 65 min |
| Sep 14, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 49 min |
| Sep 14, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 47 min |
| Sep 14, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 65 min |
| Sep 14, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 61 min |
| Sep 15, 12:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham | 3 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.