Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2010

Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

July 7, 2010Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2010, 6:41 AM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. 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
Jul 7, 2010, 6:41 AM CDT (11:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2010, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:42 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2010-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 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 2010-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

875 
WGUS53 KGLD 071141
FFWGLD
KSC063-071730-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0021.100707T1141Z-100707T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
641 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 635 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 
  IN ONE HOUR NEAR GOVE WITH OVER 3.5 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL
  OCCURING OVERNIGHT 2 MILES EAST OF GOVE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GOVE...GRAINFIELD...PARK...QUINTER AND THE MONUMENT ROCKS.

  WATER IS RUNNING IN THE STREETS OF GOVE WITH MINOR NUISANCE 
  FLOODING ALSO BEING REPORTED IN LOW LYING AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3912 10017 3871 10016 3871 10079 3912 10079

$$

LOCKHART
2 follow-up statements
265 
WGUS73 KGLD 071434
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
834 AM MDT WED JUL 7 2010

KSC063-071730-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100707T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GOVE KS-
934 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GOVE COUNTY UNTIL 1230
PM CDT...

AT 933 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS 
ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 
3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GOVE...GRAINFIELD...PARK...
QUINTER AND THE MONUMENT ROCKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3912 10017 3871 10016 3871 10079 3912 10079

$$

024
486 
WGUS73 KGLD 071726
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1126 AM MDT WED JUL 7 2010

KSC063-071741-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100707T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GOVE KS-
1226 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR GOVE COUNTY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1130 AM MDT/1230 PM CDT/...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3912 10017 3871 10016 3871 10079 3912 10079

$$

024

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan24 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.