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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Goodland, KS

July 25, 1999Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1999, 6:40 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 25, 1999, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 1999, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Gove County, KS

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The text

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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 25, 3:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
203 PM MDT SUN JUL 25 1999

ATTM SATL WAS SHOWING A FEW CU DEVELOPING ACRS THE W CWA. THE LATEST
RUC SHOWED CAA ACROS THE MID LVLS OVR THE W FA AND COMBINING THIS
WITH DAYTIME HEATING EXPECT THIS CU TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS
AFTN.

AFTER THIS MORNINGS ANALYSIS WILL LEAN TOWARD THE NGM SOLN WHICH
INDICATED THE LOCATION OF THIS EARLY MORNINGS PCPN BETTR. ATTM A
THERMAL LOW WAS OVR GLD AND A SFC COLD FRONT WAS OVR NW NEBRASKA
THAT WAS MOVG SOUTH AND WILL APPROACH OUR NORTHERN CWA THIS LATE
AFTN. A 5H/VORT LONG WAVE TROUGH REMAINS ACROS THE FA AND AS THE SFC
COLD FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY OVR THE N CWA BY EARLY EVENING...TSRA
SHUD BEGIN TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND PERSIST INTO THE
EVENING. AFTER ANALYZING THE 12Z/DDC SOUNDING WHICH SHOWED AN
INCREASED CAP BUT AFTER MODIFICATION THE CAP DOES BREAK AND ACTIVITY
SHUD DEVELOP A LITTLE LATER TODAY THAN YDAY. ACTIVITY MAY TAKE
ALITTLE LONGER TO DEVELOP OVR THE C/E CWA AS THE RUC SHOWED SOME MID
LVL WARM AIR PERSISTING. ALSO AS THE FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH OF THE
NORTHERN CWA TONIGHT UPSLOPE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AND SKIES
SHUD BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY.

THE FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL CWA EARLY MONDAY AND
APPEARS TO WASH OUT. SFC WINDS BECOME EAST UPSLOPE ACROSS MOST OF THE
CWA AND EXPECT LOW LVL CLOUD COVER TO INC ACROSS THE FA DURING THE
MORNING HOURS THAT CUD BE SLOW TO BURN OFF. A 5H/VORT MAX OVR SOUTH
CENTRAL COLORADO INTENSIFIES AND MOVES INTO E CO LATE MONDAY. THE
WASHED OUT FRONT DEVELOPS INTO A WARM FRONT AND MOVES NORTH INTO
NEBRASKA. PWATS INCREASE AS MOISTR ADVTS NORTH INTO THE TRI-STATE
AREA ON SE WINDS. NGM AND THE ETA TIME SECTIONS OVR GLD SHOW VERY
IMPRESSIVE OMEGA FIELDS WITH INCREASING MOISTR ALOFT. 7H/MIXR MOISTR
WAS FORECAST TO BE OVR 8 G/KG OVR MOST OF THE FA SO WILL INC POPS
DURING THIS PERIOD.

MID LVL CLOUD COVER REMAINS QUITE EXTENSIVE ACROSS THE CWA TUESDAY.
ALSO A LINGERING 5H/VORT MAX CONTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN FA THEREFORE
WILL LEAVE POPS ACROSS THE CWA. THCKNS DECREASES LATE MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY AND WILL LWR AFTN HIGH TMPS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS.

THE EXTENDED HAS THE 5H/HIGH EDGING INTO COLORADO WITH DRIER AIR MVG
INTO THE FA WEDNESDAY. THIS HIGH PUSHES INTO KANSAS THURSDAY AND
EXPECT A VERY WARM TO HOT DAY DRY DAY. THE HIGH DRIFTS EAST FRIDAY
AND RETURN MOISTR FROM THE GULF TRIES TO ENTER THE FA FROM THE SOUTH.
NEVER THE LESS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS SHUD PERSIST INTO THE END OF THE
WEEK.

.GLD...NONE.

VPAPOL

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 6:16 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
516 PM MDT SUN JUL 25 1999

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0402 PM    QUINTER                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
07/25/99   GOVE

0410 PM    QUINTER                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
07/25/99   GOVE

0505 PM    QUINTER                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
07/25/99   GOVE                            MINOR STREET FLOODING,
                                           NUMEROUS CARS
                                           HYDROPLANING OFF OF
                                           INTERSTATE

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 7:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	6 hr
Jul 25, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	32 min
Jul 25, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	49 min
Jul 25, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	66 min
Jul 25, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	64 min
Jul 25, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	62 min
Jul 25, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	62 min
Jul 25, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	61 min
Jul 25, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	46 min
Jul 25, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	61 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.