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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

June 5, 2015Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 8:11 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 1.399 Nne Goodland, KS1.39 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

HUSTED
1 follow-up statement
228 
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

$$

BULLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:14 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma15 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson31 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma27 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma3 hr
Jun 5, 6:38 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson52 min
Jun 5, 6:39 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson51 min
Jun 5, 6:43 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma32 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma51 min
Jun 5, 7:38 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma52 min
Jun 5, 8:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma4 hr
Jun 6, 4:24 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson36 min
Jun 6, 4:56 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson34 min
Jun 6, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson35 min
Jun 6, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson52 min
Jun 5, 6:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan, Thomas22 min
Jun 5, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas61 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas47 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan35 min
Jun 5, 6:54 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDThomas36 min
Jun 5, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman62 min
Jun 5, 7:15 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDThomas18 min
Jun 5, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas29 min
Jun 5, 7:22 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDRawlins23 min
Jun 5, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas48 min
Jun 5, 7:55 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Thomas35 min
Jun 5, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne62 min
Jun 5, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas43 min
Jun 5, 8:27 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDLogan33 min
Jun 5, 8:45 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDLogan, Thomas45 min
Jun 5, 8:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins4 hr
Jun 5, 8:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins62 min
Jun 5, 9:08 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatGLDThomas22 min
Jun 5, 9:27 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDThomas33 min
Jun 5, 10:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins41 min
Jun 5, 11:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur43 min
Jun 6, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton18 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2015Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 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.