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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 2016, 7:27 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 15, 2016, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 5:09 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:15 AM CDT | FLOOD | 4 N Bonny Reservoir, CO | STANDING WATER REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT EARLIER IN THE MORNING AT INTERECTION OF COUNTY ROADS KK AND 7. EXACT TIME OF ORIGINAL REPORT CURRENTLY UNKNOWN. |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 506 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
046
WGUS53 KGLD 160027
FFWGLD
COC063-125-KSC023-NEC057-160430-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0003.160416T0027Z-160416T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
627 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT/1130 PM CDT/
* AT 627 PM MDT/727 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WRAY...BONNY RESERVOIR...HAIGLER...VERNON...LAIRD...IDALIA AND BEECHER
ISLAND.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 210...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 245.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 4001 10153 3955 10212 3955 10259 3970 10254
4000 10235 4031 10197
$$
TL JN3 follow-up statements
404
WGUS73 KGLD 160138
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
738 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
COC063-125-KSC023-NEC057-160430-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160416T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YUMA CO-KIT CARSON CO-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY NE-
738 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT/1130
PM CDT/ FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...NORTH
CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTHWESTERN
CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
AT 737 PM MDT/837 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
IMMINENT OR ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WRAY...BONNY RESERVOIR...HAIGLER...VERNON...LAIRD...IDALIA AND BEECHER
ISLAND.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 210...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 245.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4001 10153 3955 10212 3955 10259 3970 10254
4000 10235 4031 10197
$$
TL JN913
WGUS53 KGLD 160340
FFWGLD
COC063-125-KSC023-NEC057-161030-
/O.EXT.KGLD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160416T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
940 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 430 AM MDT SATURDAY/530 AM CDT SATURDAY/
* AT 940 PM MDT/1040 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WRAY...BONNY RESERVOIR...HAIGLER...VERNON...LAIRD...IDALIA AND BEECHER
ISLAND.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 210...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 245.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 4001 10153 3955 10212 3955 10259 3970 10254
4000 10235 4031 10197
$$
JN963
WGUS73 KGLD 161009
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
409 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2016
COC063-125-KSC023-NEC057-161018-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160416T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YUMA CO-KIT CARSON CO-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY NE-
409 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.
HOWEVER...AREAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AND AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4001 10153 3955 10212 3955 10259 3970 10254
4000 10235 4031 10197
$$
DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:49 AM CDT | Flood Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton | 22 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 9 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 20 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 95 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2016Flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.