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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS

August 23, 2002Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2002, 8:36 PM MDT for Sherman 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2002, 8:36 PM MDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2002, 11:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2002-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 167 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2002-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KGLD 240236
FFWGLD
KSC181-240530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
831 PM MDT FRI AUG 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT

* AT 831 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SEVERAL 
  AREAS OF SHERMAN COUNTY. ONE AND A HALF INCHES WAS REPORTED        
  NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED NEAR RULETON   
  AND KANORADO. HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING IN THE GOODLAND AREA. THE AREA 
  OF HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE...EDSON...GOODLAND AND
  RULETON.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR
LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.
DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY
FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.

&&

LAT...LON 3916 10201 3916 10143 3955 10143 3951 10200

RJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman56 min
Aug 23, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan61 min
Aug 23, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman61 min
Aug 23, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace66 min
Aug 23, 8:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman59 min
Aug 23, 8:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas64 min
Aug 23, 9:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan55 min
Aug 23, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan46 min
Aug 23, 10:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita30 min
Aug 23, 11:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita44 min
Aug 23, 11:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita46 min
Aug 24, 1:56 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.