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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2012, 5:38 PM CDT for Decatur County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 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 25, 2012, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 646 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
622 WGUS53 KGLD 252238 FFWGLD KSC039-137-260130- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0005.120725T2238Z-120726T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 538 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORCATUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GOODLAND. && LAT...LON 3977 10017 3983 10041 4001 10018 4001 9992 $$ THEDE
1 follow-up statement
557 WGUS73 KGLD 260100 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 700 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2012 KSC039-137-260115- /O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120726T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTON KS-DECATUR KS- 800 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND NORTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3977 10017 3983 10041 4001 10018 4001 9992 $$ THEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 32 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.