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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2016, 5:37 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 83 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 13, 2016, 5:37 PM MDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
716 WGUS53 KGLD 132337 FFWGLD KSC199-140100- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0049.160813T2337Z-160814T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 537 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 537 PM MDT...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... SHARON SPRINGS AND WESKAN. 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 3890 10170 3871 10170 3870 10204 3889 10200 $$ JN
2 follow-up statements
386 WGUS73 KGLD 140003 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 603 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2016 KSC199-140100- /O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160814T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WALLACE KS- 603 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTY... AT 602 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY OR IS OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SHARON SPRINGS...WESKAN AND AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 27. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3890 10170 3871 10170 3870 10204 3889 10200 $$ JN
345 WGUS73 KGLD 140050 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 650 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2016 KSC199-140100- /O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160814T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WALLACE KS- 650 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3890 10170 3871 10170 3870 10204 3889 10200 $$ JN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 13 min |
| Aug 13, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Greeley, Logan, Thomas, Wallace | 52 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.