Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2015, 8:36 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas; Dundy County, Nebraska; Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 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
- May 9, 2015, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2015, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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 9, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | St. Francis, KS | SOME STREET FLOODING OCCURRED IN ST FRANCIS LAST NIGHT. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AND OTHER REPORTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 514 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 731 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS53 KGLD 100136
FFWGLD
COC125-KSC023-NEC057-100730-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0002.150510T0136Z-150510T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
736 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 130 AM MDT/230 AM CDT/
* AT 735 PM MDT /835 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...HAIGLER...KIRK...PARKS...IDALIA...BEECHER
ISLAND...ABARR...BONNY RESERVOIR AND WHEELER.
#
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 207 AND 243.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3963 10152 3957 10190 3957 10274 3983 10280
3997 10280 4016 10175
$$
MK2 follow-up statements
116
WGUS73 KGLD 100333
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
933 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
COC125-KSC023-NEC057-100730-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150510T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YUMA CO-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY NE-
933 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM MDT/230 AM
CDT/ FOR SOUTHERN YUMA...CHEYENNE AND SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTIES...
AT 931 PM MDT /1031 PM CDT/...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KANSAS HIGHWAY 27 OVER 2 INCHES.
AREAS OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...HAIGLER...KIRK...PARKS...IDALIA...BEECHER
ISLAND...ABARR...BONNY RESERVOIR AND WHEELER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3963 10152 3957 10190 3957 10274 3983 10280
3997 10280 4016 10175
$$
MK532
WGUS73 KGLD 100645
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1245 AM MDT SUN MAY 10 2015
COC125-KSC023-NEC057-100655-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150510T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YUMA CO-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY NE-
1245 AM MDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN YUMA...CHEYENNE AND
SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3963 10152 3957 10190 3957 10274 3983 10280
3997 10280 4016 10175
$$
MENTZERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 25 min |
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 45 min |
| May 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 21 min |
| May 9, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 45 min |
| May 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| May 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan, Thomas | 39 min |
| May 9, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 47 min |
| May 9, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Wallace | 55 min |
| May 9, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 24 min |
| May 9, 9:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 3 hr |
| May 9, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 34 min |
| May 9, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 23 min |
| May 9, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 41 min |
| May 9, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 3 hr |
| May 9, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 32 min |
| May 9, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 30 min |
| May 9, 10:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 27 min |
| May 9, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 33 min |
| May 9, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 23 min |
| May 9, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 20 min |
| May 9, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 10 min |
| May 10, 4:27 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 30 hr |
| May 10, 3:35 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 4 more | 41 hr |
| May 9, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 33 min |
| May 9, 11:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 27 min |
| May 9, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 49 min |
| May 10, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 38 min |
| May 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 59 min |
| May 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2015Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2015Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.