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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

July 10, 2004Dundy County, Nebraska

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2004-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2004-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 11:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRed Willow3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.