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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

July 22, 2009Logan County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2009, 6:33 PM CDT for Logan County, Wallace 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 22, 2009, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2009, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 12:00Z on 2009-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2009-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 222333
FFWGLD
KSC109-199-230230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0013.090722T2333Z-090723T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
633 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT/830 PM MDT/

* AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL       
  LOGAN COUNTY...OR 7 MILES EAST OF WALLACE...MOVING VERY SLOWLY     
  TO THE SOUTH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3883 10127 3877 10149 3901 10159 3903 10137

$$

JRM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KGLD 230126
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
826 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2009

KSC109-199-230230-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090723T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOGAN KS-WALLACE KS-
826 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT/830 PM
MDT/ FOR EAST CENTRAL WALLACE AND WEST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 
TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG THE WALLACE AND LOGAN COUNTY LINE. 
ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND ANY 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF AND CREATE FLASH FLOODING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.


&&

LAT...LON 3883 10127 3877 10149 3901 10159 3903 10137

$$

JRM
000 
WGUS73 KGLD 230222
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
922 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2009

KSC109-199-230231-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090723T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOGAN KS-WALLACE KS-
922 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT/830 PM MDT/ FOR
EAST CENTRAL WALLACE AND WEST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAIN HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT THIS TO LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN GOODLAND KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3883 10127 3877 10149 3901 10159 3903 10137

$$

JRM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne61 min
Jul 22, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton60 min
Jul 22, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace58 min
Jul 22, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne61 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.