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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 2015Logan County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2015, 6:52 PM CDT for Logan County, Wichita 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
May 27, 2015, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Logan County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

972 
WGUS53 KGLD 272352
FFWGLD
KSC109-203-280245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0013.150527T2352Z-150528T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
652 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 651 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LEOTI.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3854 10148 3869 10141 3878 10111 3870 10111
      3870 10113 3851 10113 3846 10143

$$

HUSTED
2 follow-up statements
897 
WGUS73 KGLD 280042
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
742 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

KSC109-203-280245-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150528T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOGAN KS-WICHITA KS-
742 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN AND NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTIES...

AT 741 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEOTI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3854 10148 3869 10141 3878 10111 3870 10111
      3870 10113 3851 10113 3846 10143

$$

HUSTED
331 
WGUS73 KGLD 280129
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
829 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

KSC109-203-280139-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150528T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOGAN KS-WICHITA KS-
829 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN AND NORTHERN
WICHITA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3854 10148 3869 10141 3878 10111 3870 10111
      3870 10113 3851 10113 3846 10143

$$

LOCKHART

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas45 min
May 27, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas65 min
May 27, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Thomas25 min
May 27, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wichita66 min
May 27, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan27 min
May 27, 3:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDLogan, Thomas31 min
May 27, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan29 min
May 27, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Wichita27 min
May 27, 3:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDGove, Logan23 min
May 27, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 1 more55 min
May 27, 3:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDGove, Logan34 min
May 27, 3:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Thomas3 hr
May 27, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas65 min
May 27, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wichita62 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDGove, Logan37 min
May 27, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas63 min
May 27, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove28 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove19 min
May 27, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas18 min
May 27, 5:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove3 hr
May 27, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins6 hr
May 27, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove31 min
May 27, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan30 min
May 27, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita25 min
May 27, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman33 min
May 27, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins40 min
May 27, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita23 min
May 27, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita32 min
May 27, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita28 min
May 27, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita46 min
May 27, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne27 min
May 27, 6:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan4 hr
May 27, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.