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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2013, 12:20 AM CDT for Norton 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
- Aug 12, 2013, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2013, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Norton County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1312 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
217 WGUS53 KGLD 120520 FFWGLD KSC137-120830- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0021.130812T0520Z-130812T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1220 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 1215 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER RUNNING OFF FIELDS AND CROSSING HIGHWAY 383 ONE MILE WEST OF ALMENA. RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ALMENA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3999 9963 3983 9963 3984 9978 4000 9979 $$ STASSER
1 follow-up statement
820 WGUS73 KGLD 120832 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 232 AM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 KSC137-120847- /O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130812T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTON KS- 332 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3999 9963 3983 9963 3984 9978 4000 9979 $$ LOCKHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 9:59 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 1 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.