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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2010, 8:08 PM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 10, 2010, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2010, 10:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 200 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .DISCUSSION... 200 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY AS A DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY MOVING OVER THE FRONT RANGE CONTINUES A SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT TOWARD OUR AREA. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MERGE INTO A LARGE CLUSTER TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL JET INTERACTS WITH A SFC TROUGH. IN ADDITION TO EXPECTATION OF SEVERE WEATHER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. FOR SUNDAY AREA UNDER SUBSIDENCE AHEAD OF THE NEXT DISTURBANCE WITHIN NORTHWEST FLOW THAT MOVES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ADJUSTED TIMING OF POPS FROM WEST TO EAST WITH OVERALL SLIGHT CHANCE MENTION. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. ON MONDAY ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SUPPORTING CURRENT SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORM FORECAST. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S EAST...LOW TO MID 90S ACROSS FAR EASTERN COLORADO. TUESDAY LOOKING DRY AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES WESTERLY. 850 TEMPERATURES SUPPORTING TEMPERATURES OF 100+ ACROSS THE AREA WHILE 2M/MOS GUIDANCE NUMBERS AVERAGING A FEW DEGREES COOLER. PARTIAL MIXING AT 850 STILL SUPPORTS HIGHS AROUND 100. HAVE UPPED HIGHS INTO THE UPPER 90S/LOW 100S WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT THESE MAY BE ON THE LOW SIDE. GFS/NAM HANDLING SFC PRESSURE/WIND FORECASTS DIFFERENTLY WHICH COULD IMPACT TEMPERATURE FORECAST. WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY...DEEP UPPER LOW JUST NORTH OF THE US BORDER MOVES EAST WEDNESDAY PUSHING A FRONT INTO/THROUGH THE AREA SUPPORTING A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH READINGS IN THE MID 90S. FOR THURSDAY SFC WINDS VEER TO THE SOUTHEAST BEHIND THE DEPARTING SFC HIGH AS UPPER FLOW NEARLY ZONAL. 850 TEMPS WOULD SUPPORT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80S...COOLER THAN THE MEX GUIDANCE WHICH IS SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER. USED HPC GUIDANCE AND KNOCKED A FEW DEGREES OFF AS A START. AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN POSSIBLE. FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY UPPER HIGH CENTER EXPECTED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WITH LIGHT STEERING FLOW OVER THE AREA. SFC WINDS BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY WITH SLOWLY WARMING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...NEAR 90 FRIDAY AND LOW 90S SATURDAY. 07 && .AVIATION... 1140 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 FOR 18Z TAFS...MAIN CONCERN FOR THE PERIOD WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH/WEAK COLD FRONT WORK THERE WAY ACROSS THE AREA BTWN 22 AND 06Z. ALREADY SEEING SOME WEAK CONVECTION DEVELOP ALONG FRONT NEAR KLIC...WITH FRONT ITSELF EXTENDING BACK TOWARDS KOGA. WHILE THINK THERE WILL BE STORMS AROUND WHICH MAY DEVELOP INTO A MCS EARLY IN THE EVENING...LARGE SPREAD BETWEEN SHORT TERM AND HIGH RESOLUTION GUIDANCE KEEPS CONFIDENCE TOO LOW TO MENTION A PREVAILING TS IN EITHER TAF AT THIS TIME. JRM && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 11:33 AM CDT, 8 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1033 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-111315- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1033 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010 /1133 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO AROUND GOLFBALL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A TROUGH AXIS CENTERED ALONG A WAUNETA TO FLAGLER LINE AFTER 1 PM MDT (2 PM CDT) AND MOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JRM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
545 PM MDT SAT JUL 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM TSTM WND GST 14 SSE WESKAN 38.67N 101.87W
07/10/2010 E70 MPH GREELEY KS TRAINED SPOTTER
6 TO 8 INCH TREES LIMBS FELL
&&
FOLTZSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 7:16 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Greeley | 97 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2010Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.