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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2015, 7:21 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Cheyenne County, Sherman County, 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
- Jun 5, 2015, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2015, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:11 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.39 | 9 Nne Goodland, KS | 1.39 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT 1 HOUR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
311
WGUS53 KGLD 060121
FFWGLD
COC063-125-KSC023-181-060415-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0021.150606T0121Z-150606T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
721 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT/1115 PM CDT/
* AT 720 PM MDT /820 PM CDT/...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WATER
COVERED ROADS WERE REPORTED IN BURLINGTON. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GOODLAND...BURLINGTON...ST. FRANCIS...KANORADO...RULETON...BIRD
CITY...BONNY RESERVOIR...WHEELER AND HALE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 21.
INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 432 AND 450.
HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 213.
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 3976 10141 3957 10141 3957 10139 3953 10139
3933 10164 3926 10198 3924 10238 3948 10243
3995 10199
$$
HUSTED1 follow-up statement
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WGUS73 KGLD 060412
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1012 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
COC063-125-KSC023-181-060422-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150606T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YUMA CO-KIT CARSON CO-SHERMAN KS-CHEYENNE KS-
1012 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA...NORTHEASTERN KIT
CARSON...NORTHERN SHERMAN AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015
PM MDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3976 10141 3957 10141 3957 10139 3953 10139
3933 10164 3926 10198 3924 10238 3948 10243
3995 10199
$$
BULLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 15 min |
| Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 6:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 6:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 7:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 7:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 8:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 4:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 6:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 6:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 18 min |
| Jun 5, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 7:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 8:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 8:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 8:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 9:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 9:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 10:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 11:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 1:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.