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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2014, 1:13 PM MDT for Goshen County, Wyoming. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports 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
- May 25, 2014, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2014, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Goshen County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:28 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Torrington, WY | STREETS ARE STARTING TO FLOOD. |
| May 25, 2:01 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 12 N Torrington, WY | RAINNING HARD ENOUGH TO WASH BOULDERS ON TO VAN TASSELL ROAD AT THE GAP. |
| May 25, 2:01 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Torrington, WY | HWY 85 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD. REPORTS OF MANY STREETS IN TORRINGTON FLOODED AND WATER IN YARDS. |
| May 25, 4:25 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.9 | Torrington, WY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
054 WGUS55 KCYS 251913 FFWCYS WYC015-260100- /O.NEW.KCYS.FF.W.0004.140525T1913Z-140526T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 113 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 112 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TORRINGTON AND LINGLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CHEYENNE. && LAT...LON 4234 10406 4206 10406 4209 10446 4239 10443 $$ CLAYCOMB
2 follow-up statements
271 WGUS75 KCYS 252213 FFSCYS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 413 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 WYC015-260100- /O.CON.KCYS.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140526T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOSHEN WY- 413 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GOSHEN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM MDT... RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...TORRINGTON AND LINGLE. AT 204 PM MDT...HWY 85 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD. REPORTS OF MANY STREETS IN TORRINGTON FLOODED AND WATER IN YARDS. THE WATER HAS STARTED TO RECEDE AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4234 10406 4206 10406 4209 10446 4239 10443 $$ LIEBL
197 WGUS75 KCYS 260103 FFSCYS FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 703 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 WYC015-260118- /O.EXP.KCYS.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140526T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOSHEN WY- 703 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GOSHEN 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 4234 10406 4206 10406 4209 10446 4239 10443 $$ LIEBL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:38 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | CYS | Carbon | 6 days |
| May 25, 10:38 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | CYS | Carbon | 6 days |
| May 25, 11:29 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | CYS | Carbon | 8 days |
| May 25, 1:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 43 min |
| May 25, 1:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Albany | 6 hr |
| May 25, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 64 min |
| May 25, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 26 min |
| May 25, 3:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 6 hr |
| May 25, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 30 min |
| May 25, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 29 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.