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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2016, 9:01 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2016, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 3653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 16.5
The text
As transmitted.
686 WGUS53 KGLD 020201 FFWGLD NEC145-020400- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0045.160802T0201Z-160802T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 901 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 901 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY OR IS OCCURRING. * FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY. 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 4011 10019 4006 10036 4016 10041 4029 10020 $$ JN
1 follow-up statement
407 WGUS73 KGLD 020351 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1051 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 NEC145-020401- /O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160802T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RED WILLOW NE- 1051 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4011 10019 4006 10036 4016 10041 4029 10020 $$ JN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 21 min |
| Aug 1, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 49 min |
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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.