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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2012, 6:55 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 76 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2012, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2012, 8:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 76 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Rawlins County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Nw Atwood, KS | WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 36 JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 25 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
634 WGUS53 KGLD 132355 FFWGLD KSC153-140300- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0003.120613T2355Z-120614T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 655 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ATWOOD AND LUDELL. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GOODLAND. && LAT...LON 3987 10086 3965 10084 3971 10110 3987 10112 $$ FOLTZ
2 follow-up statements
060 WGUS73 KGLD 140038 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 638 PM MDT WED JUN 13 2012 KSC153-140300- /O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120614T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAWLINS KS- 738 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL RAWLINS COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 736 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BUT RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ATWOOD. AT 710 PM CDT...STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE COVERING HIGHWAY 36 JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 25. WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO QUICKLY RECEDE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND. && LAT...LON 3983 10086 3969 10085 3973 10108 3984 10108 $$ FOLTZ
412 WGUS73 KGLD 140111 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 711 PM MDT WED JUN 13 2012 KSC153-140126- /O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120614T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAWLINS KS- 811 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL RAWLINS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... 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. 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 3983 10086 3969 10085 3973 10108 3984 10108 $$ FOLTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.