Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2016, 1:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Aug 24, 2016, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.07 | Osborne, KS | TOTAL SINCE 8 AM. MOST FELL BTWN 12 AND 1 PM. |
| Aug 24, 2:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | 1 Nnw Osborne, KS | KSU SITE. TOTAL SINCE 9 AM. 2.14 FELL BTWN 12 AND 1 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 568 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
342
WGUS53 KGID 241856
FFWGID
KSC089-123-141-183-242200-
/O.NEW.KGID.FF.W.0021.160824T1856Z-160824T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
156 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 153 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NEARLY 2 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL IN THE CITY OF OSBORNE IN 45 MINUTES BETWEEN 1230 AND
115 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. OTHER ESTIMATES
INDICATE 3.5 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN JUST SOUTH OF ALTON.
* THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. FLOOD WATERS
SHOULD RAPIDLY RECEDE THIS AFTERNOON.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OSBORNE...DOWNS...CAWKER CITY...PORTIS...ALTON...IONIA AND HARLAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3930 9905 3957 9904 3983 9830 3956 9831
3927 9905
$$
KELLEY1 follow-up statement
328
WGUS73 KGID 242154
FFSGID
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
454 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016
KSC089-123-141-183-242202-
/O.EXP.KGID.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160824T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MITCHELL KS-OSBORNE KS-JEWELL KS-SMITH KS-
454 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL...NORTHERN
OSBORNE...SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3930 9905 3957 9904 3983 9830 3956 9831
3927 9905
$$
WESELYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 14 min |
| Aug 24, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 43 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.