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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2016, 2:17 AM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. 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 13, 2016, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cheyenne County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
722
WGUS53 KGLD 130717
FFWGLD
KSC023-131015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0035.160713T0717Z-160713T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
217 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 214 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN WEST OF ST. FRANCIS. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL
RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY AND WHEELER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 3972 10141 3965 10180 3964 10205 4000 10205
4000 10141
$$
LUNDQUIST2 follow-up statements
851
WGUS73 KGLD 130844
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
344 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
KSC023-131015-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160713T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEYENNE KS-
344 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
AT 342 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY AND WHEELER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3972 10141 3965 10180 3964 10205 4000 10205
4000 10141
$$
LUNDQUIST882
WGUS73 KGLD 131007
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
507 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
KSC023-131016-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160713T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEYENNE KS-
507 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3972 10141 3965 10180 3964 10205 4000 10205
4000 10141
$$
LUNDQUISTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 4:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.