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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2016, 5:04 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska. 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
- Jul 5, 2016, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Decatur County, KS, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
998
WGUS53 KGLD 052204
FFWGLD
KSC039-NEC145-060100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0029.160705T2204Z-160706T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
504 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 504 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DANBURY...LEBANON AND CEDAR BLUFFS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4005 10019 3998 10020 3991 10055 4011 10058
4013 10019
$$
JRM2 follow-up statements
783
WGUS73 KGLD 052256
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
556 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
KSC039-NEC145-060100-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160706T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DECATUR KS-RED WILLOW NE-
556 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTIES...
AT 552 PM CDT...HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH
RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA IN THE
PAST 2 HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CREATE AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING...MAINLY ON COUNTY ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 4005 10019 3998 10020 3991 10055 4011 10058
4013 10019
$$
JRM375
WGUS73 KGLD 060050
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
750 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
KSC039-NEC145-060100-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160706T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DECATUR KS-RED WILLOW NE-
750 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN
RED WILLOW COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4005 10019 3998 10020 3991 10055 4011 10058
4013 10019
$$
JRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 6:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 17 min |
| Jul 5, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 14 min |
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 10 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.