Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2008, 4:48 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 5, 2008, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 052256 FFWGLD COC125-060445- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0013.080605T2248Z-080606T0445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 448 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...WAUNETA...VERNON... LAIRD...KIRK...JOES...IDALIA...HEARTSTRONG...HALE...ECKLEY... CLARKVILLE...BONNY RESERVOIR...BEECHER ISLAND...ALVIN...ABARR... * UNTIL 1045 PM MDT * AT 445 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND PRECIPITATION INCREASING OVER THE WARNED AREA. * WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND WILL SOON COVER MOST OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WAS EXPANDED TO COVER THE WHOLE COUNTY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WARNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER AREAS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE THE CURRENT FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF YUMA TO WORSEN ONCE AGAIN. 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. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 4042 10206 3959 10205 3958 10279 4042 10278 TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 180DEG 0KT 3986 10238 $$ BULLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KGLD 060147 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 738 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 COC125-060445- /O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ YUMA CO- 738 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR YUMA COUNTY... AT 737 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YUMA... WRAY...WAUNETA...VERNON...LAIRD...HEARTSTRONG...ECKLEY... CLARKVILLE...BEECHER ISLAND AND ALVIN AT 735 PM MDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR YUMA COUNTY REPORTED THAT THE RETAINING PONDS IN THE TOWN WERE BECOMING FULL ONCE AGAIN. ONCE CAPACITY HAS BEEN REACHED...FLOODING SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT WILL OCCUR. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER ONE TO TWO HOURS...AND WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF YUMA. EVEN AFTER THE RAINFALL ENDS...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. AT THIS TIME...NO OTHER FLASH FLOOD REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. HOWEVER...THE CURRENT RAINFALL COULD STILL CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE 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. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 4042 10206 3959 10205 3958 10279 4042 10278 TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 180DEG 0KT 3986 10238 $$ BULLER
000 WGUS73 KGLD 060439 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1038 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 COC125-060448- /O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ YUMA CO- 1038 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM MDT/1145 PM CDT/ FOR YUMA COUNTY... THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. THEREFORE THIS WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4042 10206 3959 10205 3958 10279 4042 10278 TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 180DEG 0KT 3986 10238 $$ BULLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 8:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:00 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Yuma | 22 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:59 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 12 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 3:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 4:38 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 4:53 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 5:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 6:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 8:20 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 10:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 11:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 11:43 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 12:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 2:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 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.