Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2007, 9:02 AM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 1, 2007, 9:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2007, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2007, 9:12 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 S Gove, KS | ALONG HIGHWAY 23 FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF GOVE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF GOVE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS ALOT OF WATER RUNNING OFF FIELDS INTO DITCHES AND CREEKS. IN ADDITION, THERE IS WATER RUNNING OVER LOW SPOTS OFCOUNTY ROADS THAT INTERSECT HIGHWAY 23 IN THAT STRETCH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 011412 FFWGLD KSC063-012000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 902 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 857 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT WAS IN AFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS LEFT THE COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...EARLIER THIS MORNING RADAR ESTIMATES OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OCCURRED OVER SOUTHEAST LOGAN AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GOVE COUNTY. THIS CAUSED THE SMOKY HILL RIVER TO RISE RAPIDLY IN SOUTHEAST LOGAN COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE HIGH WATER COMING IN FROM LOGAN COUNTY WILL CAUSE THE SMOKY HILL RIVER TO RISE RAPIDLY OUT OF ITS BANKS IN SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3870 10081 3870 10016 3887 10016 3892 10080 $$ BULLER
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KGLD 011713 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1112 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2007 KSC063-012000- GOVE KS- 1212 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY... AT 1209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3870 10081 3870 10016 3887 10016 3892 10080 $$ SFJ/CLK
000 WGUS73 KGLD 011909 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 107 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007 KSC063-012000- GOVE KS- 207 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY... AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WARNED AREA. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3870 10081 3870 10016 3887 10016 3892 10080 $$ SFJ/CLK
000 WGUS73 KGLD 011955 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 151 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007 KSC063-012009- GOVE KS- 251 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM MDT(300 PM CDT) FOR SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY... THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. HOWEVER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. LAT...LON 3870 10081 3870 10016 3887 10016 3892 10080 $$ SFJ/MWM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 6:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 15 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.