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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood watch at Aug 3, 2010, 3:04 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It took effect at Aug 3, 2010, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2010, 3:04 PM MDT (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 3, 2010, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2010, 2:52 AM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Flood severity
- None
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 watch 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 watch went out at Aug 3, 2:52 PM MDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:52 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 10:50 AM MDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1050 AM MDT TUE AUG 3 2010 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-041200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1050 AM MDT TUE AUG 3 2010 /1150 AM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL APPROACHING ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM KIT CARSON COLORADO TO COLBY AND NORTON KANSAS. AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING AS TODAY AND TONIGHTS ACTIVITY WILL GENERALLY MOVE OVER THOSE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 3, 2:45 PM MDT, 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 19 min |
| Aug 2, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 7:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 7:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 7:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 9:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 10:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 9 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.