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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

October 28, 20007 counties in Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 2000, 6:42 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. 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
Oct 28, 2000, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2000, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 12:00Z on 2000-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KGLD 282342
FFWGLD
KSC039-063-109-153-179-193-203-NEC087-145-290600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
642 PM CDT SAT OCT 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
  HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
  RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
  SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
  THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SPOTTERS 
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED IN AN AREA PRIMARILY 
  BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 25 AND 83.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE...TRENTON...MCCOOK...
  INDIANOLA...DANBURY...CULBERTSON...BARTLEY...WINONA...TRAER...
  SELDEN...SEGUIN...RUSSELL SPRINGS...REXFORD...OBERLIN...OAKLEY...
  THE MONUMENT ROCKS...MONUMENT...MINGO...MENLO...MARIENTHAL...
  LYDIA...LUDELL...LEVANT...LEOTI...HERNDON...HALFORD...GRINNELL...
  GEM...COLBY...CEDAR BLUFFS...BLAKEMAN...BEARDSLEY...ATWOOD AND
  ANGELUS.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THIS AREA 
TONIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE EXPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 
NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 
USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS...OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. 
TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE 
THROUGH RISING WATER.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP
THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GOODLAND.

$$

ENTWISTLE

LAT...LON 3824 10139 3825 10112 3871 10071 4027 10029
          4036 10118

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 12:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove43 min
Oct 28, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove28 min
Oct 28, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan30 min
Oct 28, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace60 min
Oct 28, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham38 min
Oct 28, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman52 min
Oct 28, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace39 min
Oct 28, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne63 min
Oct 28, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDNorton37 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2000Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.