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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS

August 2, 2007Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2007, 7:49 PM CDT for Wichita 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2007, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 774 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
774 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 030053
FFWGLD
KSC203-030345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
749 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MARIENTHAL...LYDIA...LEOTI...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF IN AN HOUR OCCURRED      
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WICHITA COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST     
  RAIN AROUND 4 MILES WEST OF LYDIA. OTHER SHOWERS WERE BEGINNING TO  
  DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED NEARLY THREE     
  INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL  
  FALL ON SATURATED SOIL WHICH WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF AND PRODUCE      
  FLOODING.

* THE STORMS HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT MUCH OF EASTERN WICHITA COUNTY.

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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3826 10144 3827 10112 3870 10112 3869 10140

$$

JRM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KGLD 030159
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
757 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2007

KSC203-030207-
WICHITA KS-
857 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN WICHITA
COUNTY...

RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS WICHITA COUNTY...THEREFORE THE 
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 3826 10144 3827 10112 3870 10112 3869 10140

$$

JRM

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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.