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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS

June 13, 2012Rawlins County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDTFLASH FLOODNw Atwood, KSWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 165 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins44 min
Jun 13, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins44 min
Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur37 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins48 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.