Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2008, 8:01 PM CDT for Thomas 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2008, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 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 180101
FFWGLD
KSC193-180400-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0021.080718T0101Z-080718T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
801 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...REXFORD...GEM...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 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 3944 10072 3942 10070 3941 10070 3939 10072
3940 10110 3956 10124 3957 10073 3955 10072
$$
FOLTZ2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KGLD 180231
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
831 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2008
KSC193-180400-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080718T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
THOMAS KS-
931 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY...
AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REXFORD
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3944 10072 3942 10070 3941 10070 3939 10072
3940 10110 3956 10124 3957 10073 3955 10072
$$
FOLTZ000
WGUS73 KGLD 180400
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1000 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2008
KSC193-180410-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080718T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
THOMAS KS-
1100 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN THOMAS
COUNTY...
RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY BRINGING AN END
TO THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
LAT...LON 3944 10072 3942 10070 3941 10070 3939 10072
3940 10110 3956 10124 3957 10073 3955 10072
$$
FOLTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 19 min |
| Jul 17, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 40 min |
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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.