Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

Issued

Aug 27, 2005, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)

Expired

Aug 28, 2005, 2:30 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Goodland, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Norton County, KS

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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.

000 
WGUS53 KGLD 280430
FFWGLD
KSC137-280730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1127 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER    
  SOUTH CENTRAL NORTON COUNTY.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
  EDMOND AROUND 1135 PM CDT...
  DENSMORE AROUND 1155 PM CDT...

RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2.0 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST HOUR 
ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY...FROM JUST EAST OF LENORA EXTENDING EASTWARD
TO THE PHILLIPS COUNTY BORDER. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 9 AND HIGHWAY 
283 IN SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY.

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 3962 10003 3957 9989 3957 9964 3980 9965
      3976 9993

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WGUS73 KGLD 280608
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1209 AM MDT SUN AUG 28 2005

KSC137-280730-
NORTON KS-
109 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTON COUNTY...

AT 101 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTON COUNTY HAD RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 6 
INCHES OF RAINFALL TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 
CENTERED OVER HIGHWAY 283 AROUND 8 MILES EAST OF LENORA.

RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED FROM EARLIER...BUT HOURLY RATES UP TO A 
QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 230 AM CDT 
THIS MORNING. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GOODLAND.

LAT...LON 3962 10003 3957 9989 3957 9964 3980 9965
      3976 9993

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WGUS73 KGLD 280729
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
129 AM MDT SUN AUG 28 2005

KSC137-280739-
NORTON KS-
229 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT
230 AM CDT...

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED AS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER IF YOU MUST DRIVE...BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER IN DITCHES
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

LAT...LON 3962 10003 3957 9989 3957 9964 3980 9965
      3976 9993

$$

JOHNSON

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.