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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Goodland, KS

July 5, 2011Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2011, 11:17 PM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. 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 5, 2011, 11:17 PM MDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2011, 2:30 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3401 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
20.4

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The text

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

158 
WGUS53 KGLD 060517
FFWGLD
NEC057-087-060830-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0015.110706T0517Z-110706T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1217 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  WESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT/230 AM MDT/

* AT 1216 AM CDT/1116 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY          
  RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES A LARGE AREA      
  WHERE 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...MAINLY ALONG  
  THE DUNDY HITCHCOCK COUNTY LINE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MAX...PALISADE AND STRATTON NE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GOODLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 4006 10099 4002 10147 4035 10155 4035 10106

$$

JRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy49 min
Jul 5, 9:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock65 min
Jul 5, 10:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow61 min
Jul 5, 11:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow24 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.