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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS

August 13, 2016Wallace County, Kansas

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace37 min
Aug 13, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne50 min
Aug 13, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman46 min
Aug 13, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins13 min
Aug 13, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman34 min
Aug 13, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace51 min
Aug 13, 5:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur, Greeley, Logan, Thomas, Wallace52 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.