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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2013, 3:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 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
- Aug 5, 2013, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Logan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:03 PM CDT | FLOOD | 3 W Russell Springs, KS | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD...K25 FROM MILE MARKERS 157 TO 158. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 965 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1336 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
164
WGUS53 KGLD 052018
FFWGLD
KSC109-181-193-199-052330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0013.130805T2018Z-130805T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
318 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT/530 PM MDT/
* AT 317 PM CDT/217 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO
THREE INCHES PER HOUR. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONUMENT...OAKLEY...RUSSELL SPRINGS AND WINONA.
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 3896 10159 3905 10205 3926 10205 3929 10101
3915 10081 3887 10109
$$
THEDE1 follow-up statement
425
WGUS73 KGLD 052322
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
522 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2013
KSC109-181-193-199-052338-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130805T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
THOMAS KS-SHERMAN KS-LOGAN KS-WALLACE KS-
622 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WALLACE...
NORTHERN LOGAN...SOUTHERN SHERMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT/630 PM CDT/...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3896 10159 3905 10205 3926 10205 3929 10101
3915 10081 3887 10109
$$
THEDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Wallace | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 15 min |
| Aug 5, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 36 min |
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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.