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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2011, 4:31 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Cheyenne County, Sherman 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
- May 24, 2011, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 7:26 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
311 WGUS53 KGLD 242231 FFWGLD COC063-125-KSC023-181-250430- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0004.110524T2231Z-110525T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 431 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 1030 PM MDT/1130 PM CDT/ * AT 430 PM MDT/530 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BIRD CITY...EDSON...GOODLAND...KANORADO...RULETON...ST. FRANCIS AND WHEELER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3998 10142 3918 10140 3915 10206 3999 10212 $$ DJR
2 follow-up statements
878 WGUS73 KGLD 250048 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 648 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 COC063-125-KSC023-181-250430- /O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110525T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIT CARSON CO-YUMA CO-SHERMAN KS-CHEYENNE KS- 648 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHEYENNE...SHERMAN... SOUTHEASTERN YUMA AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM MDT/1130 PM CDT/... AT 646 PM MDT/746 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY. RUN OFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLOODING THREAT EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE TIME BEING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BIRD CITY...EDSON...GOODLAND...KANORADO...RULETON...ST. FRANCIS AND WHEELER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND. && LAT...LON 3998 10142 3918 10140 3915 10206 3999 10212 $$ JRM
016 WGUS73 KGLD 250126 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 726 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 COC063-125-KSC023-181-250139- /O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110525T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIT CARSON CO-YUMA CO-SHERMAN KS-CHEYENNE KS- 726 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CHEYENNE... SHERMAN...SOUTHEASTERN YUMA AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT WHICH MAY WORSEN NY ONGOING PONDING OR MINOR FLOODING. SINCE RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 6 AM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND. && LAT...LON 3998 10142 3918 10140 3915 10206 3999 10212 $$ JRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 67 min |
| May 23, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 58 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 62 min |
| May 23, 8:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 4 hr |
| May 24, 12:38 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| May 24, 1:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 31 min |
| May 24, 11:22 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 22 hr |
| May 24, 11:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| May 24, 11:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 45 min |
| May 24, 12:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| May 24, 12:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 43 min |
| May 24, 1:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 23 min |
| May 24, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 21 min |
| May 24, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 16 min |
| May 24, 1:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| May 24, 1:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 hr |
| May 24, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 41 min |
| May 24, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 24 min |
| May 24, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| May 24, 2:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 23 min |
| May 24, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 65 min |
| May 24, 2:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| May 24, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 57 min |
| May 24, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 39 min |
| May 24, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 41 min |
| May 23, 6:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 55 min |
| May 23, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 57 min |
| May 23, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 60 min |
| May 23, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 44 min |
| May 23, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 37 min |
| May 24, 1:22 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 23 min |
| May 24, 1:58 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 32 min |
| May 24, 2:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 19 min |
| May 24, 2:48 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 27 min |
| May 24, 3:17 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 28 min |
| May 24, 3:49 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 26 min |
| May 24, 4:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 30 min |
| May 24, 1:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 22 min |
| May 24, 2:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 37 min |
| May 24, 2:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 32 min |
| May 24, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 18 min |
| May 24, 2:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 37 min |
| May 24, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 35 min |
| May 24, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman and 2 more | 62 min |
| May 24, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 18 min |
| May 24, 4:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 38 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 48 min |
| May 24, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 23 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.