Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 1999, 3:25 AM CDT for Thomas 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 11, 1999, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1999, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 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 110825 FFWGLD KSC193-111115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 225 AM MDT (325 AM CDT) FRI JUN 11 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS * UNTIL 615 AM CDT (515 AM MDT) * AT 322 AM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THOMAS COUNTY MOVING EAST 25 MPH. * DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES /2.50/ OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THOMAS COUNTY REPORTED LOCALIZED FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF COLBY. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEvAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO HALF AN INCH AN HOUR LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! VPAPOL
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 10, 9:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 9:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 836 PM MDT (936 PM CDT) THU JUN 10 1999 UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN CWA UNTIL 1 AM MDT (2 AM CDT). ALSO CONTINUED MENTION OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ENTIRE CWA THROUGH TONIGHT. LATEST 02Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS STALLED FRONT LYING NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST THROUGH GOODLAND. BEST DYNAMICS PLUS GOOD 25H JET COMING TOGETHER OVER CWA THIS EVENING RESULTING IN GOOD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MIGRATE EAST AS AN MCS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TOMORROW. DID NOT SEE ANY REASON TO CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE TO ZONES AT THIS TIME. .GLD...SEV THUNDERSTORM WATCH COZ090>092 KSZ001-002-003-004-013-014-015-016-027-028-029 NEZ079-080-081 LAMMERS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1130 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 PM GOODLAND KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
1110 PM GOODLAND KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
1114 PM GOODLAND KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 11, 12:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1157 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1134 PM 12 SW STRATTON CO 1 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 KIT CARSON
1134 PM 12 SW STRATTON CO 75-100 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/99 KIT CARSON
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 11, 12:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1157 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1134 PM 12 SW STRATTON CO 1 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 KIT CARSON
1134 PM 12 SW STRATTON CO 75-100 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/99 KIT CARSON
SULLIVANSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 2:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 103 AM MDT FRI JUN 11 1999 KSZ014>016-027>029-041-042-111200- GOVE-GRAHAM-GREELEY-LOGAN-SHERIDAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-WICHITA- 103 AM MDT (203 AM CDT) FRI JUN 11 1999 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM CDT (5 AM MDT) ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THE NIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE HIGH AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN KANSAS...LOGAN...SOUTHERN THOMAS...GREELEY...GRAHAM... SOUTHERN SHERIDAN AND GOVE COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADOES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SULLIVAN
Local storm report, Jun 11, 2:52 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
152 AM MDT FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1225 AM 14 N ARAPAHOE CO .5 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 CHEYENNE COVERING GROUND
1232 AM 12 N SEIBERT CO FLOOD
06/11/99 KIT CARSON 1/4 MILE STRETCH OF
HIGHWAY 59 COVERED BY
WATER
1233 AM GOODLAND KS FLOOD
06/11/99 SHERMAN NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING
0115 AM 5 N COLBY KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 THOMAS
0115 AM COLBY KS FLOOD
06/11/99 THOMAS LOCALIZED FLOODING
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 11, 2:52 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
152 AM MDT FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1225 AM 14 N ARAPAHOE CO .5 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 CHEYENNE COVERING GROUND
1232 AM 12 N SEIBERT CO FLOOD
06/11/99 KIT CARSON 1/4 MILE STRETCH OF
HIGHWAY 59 COVERED BY
WATER
1233 AM GOODLAND KS FLOOD
06/11/99 SHERMAN NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING
0115 AM 5 N COLBY KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 THOMAS
0115 AM COLBY KS FLOOD
06/11/99 THOMAS LOCALIZED FLOODING
SULLIVANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sherman | 87 min |
| Jun 11, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 8:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur | 12 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999
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.