Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2004, 9:26 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. 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
- Jul 10, 2004, 9:26 PM MDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2004, 12:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KGLD 110327 FFWGLD NEC057-110630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 926 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1230 AM MDT * AT 920 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARKS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR... 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENKELMAN AROUND 945 PM MDT... 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAX AROUND 1000 PM MDT... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4035 10205 4001 10204 4002 10134 4034 10134 $$ LOCKHART
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KGLD 110547 FFSGLD NEC057-110630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1143 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR DUNDY COUNTY... AT 1140 PM MDT...ALTHOUGH RAIN WAS TAPERING OFF ACROSS DUNDY COUNTY...BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DUNDY COUNTY SINCE 830 PM MDT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 4035 10205 4001 10204 4002 10134 4034 10134 $$ LOCKHART
000 WGUS73 KGLD 110637 FFSGLD NEC057-110645- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1235 AM MDT SUN JUL 11 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DUNDY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS DUNDY COUNTY...DIMINISHING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. LAT...LON 4035 10205 4001 10204 4002 10134 4034 10134 $$ LOCKHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 11:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.