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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

April 15, 2016Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 2016, 6:58 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 9 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, 6:58 PM MDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2016, 4:00 AM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 15, 9:11 PM MDT	FLASH FLOOD	Bethune, CO	REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OF FLOODING ISSUES BETWEEN STRATTON AND BETHUNE. REPORTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA.

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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

296 
WGUS53 KGLD 160058
FFWGLD
COC017-063-160400-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0004.160416T0058Z-160416T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
658 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT

* AT 654 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND TRAINED SPOTTERS INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
  FLOODING IS IMMINENT. STORMS TRAVELING OVER THE SAME AREAS HAVE
  PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BURLINGTON...STRATTON...BETHUNE...KIT CARSON AND FIRSTVIEW. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 414 AND 436.
 HIGHWAY 385 NEAR MILE MARKER 187...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND
206...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 211.

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 3882 10296 3957 10258 3957 10210 3920 10234
      3861 10258 3862 10300

$$

TL FS

3 follow-up statements

875 
WGUS73 KGLD 160137
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
737 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC017-063-160400-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160416T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KIT CARSON CO-CHEYENNE CO-
737 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL KIT CARSON AND CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO...

AT 736 PM MDT...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...
BURLINGTON...STRATTON...BETHUNE...KIT CARSON AND FIRSTVIEW. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 414 AND 436.
 HIGHWAY 385 NEAR MILE MARKER 187...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND
206...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 211.

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 3882 10296 3957 10258 3957 10210 3920 10234
      3861 10258 3862 10300

$$

TL JN

323 
WGUS53 KGLD 160339
FFWGLD
COC017-063-161000-
/O.EXT.KGLD.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160416T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
939 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 400 AM MDT SATURDAY

* AT 939 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
  AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BURLINGTON...STRATTON...BETHUNE...KIT CARSON AND FIRSTVIEW. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 414 AND 436.
 HIGHWAY 385 NEAR MILE MARKER 187...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND
206...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 211.

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 3882 10296 3957 10258 3957 10210 3920 10234
      3861 10258 3862 10300

$$

JN

297 
WGUS73 KGLD 161004
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
404 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2016

COC017-063-161012-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160416T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KIT CARSON CO-CHEYENNE CO-
404 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIT CARSON AND CENTRAL
CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO HAS EXPIRED...

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 3882 10296 3957 10258 3957 10210 3920 10234
      3861 10258 3862 10300

$$

HUSTED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 6:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	10 hr
Apr 16, 4:04 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	6 hr
Apr 16, 4:49 AM MDT	Flood Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	22 hr
Apr 16, 10:05 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	20 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.