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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 2016, 9:13 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 15, 2016, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
822
WGUS53 KGLD 160213
FFWGLD
KSC023-181-160415-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0005.160416T0213Z-160416T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
813 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT/1115 PM CDT/
* AT 812 PM MDT/912 PM CDT/...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...
ST. FRANCIS...KANORADO AND WHEELER.
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 3992 10144 3933 10205 3962 10205 4000 10156
4000 10148
$$
JN3 follow-up statements
044
WGUS73 KGLD 160302
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
902 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
KSC023-181-160415-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160416T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN KS-
902 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT/1115
PM CDT/ FOR CENTRAL CHEYENNE AND NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES IN
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
AT 902 PM MDT/1002 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ST. FRANCIS...KANORADO AND WHEELER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3992 10144 3933 10205 3962 10205 4000 10156
4000 10148
$$
JN038
WGUS53 KGLD 160341
FFWGLD
KSC023-181-161015-
/O.EXT.KGLD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160416T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
941 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 415 AM MDT SATURDAY/515 AM CDT SATURDAY/
* AT 941 PM MDT/1041 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ST. FRANCIS...KANORADO AND WHEELER.
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 3992 10144 3933 10205 3962 10205 4000 10156
4000 10148
$$
JN186
WGUS73 KGLD 161007
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
407 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2016
KSC023-181-161015-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160416T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN KS-
407 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHEYENNE AND NORTHWESTERN
SHERMAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM MDT/515
AM CDT/...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.
HOWEVER...AREAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS
AND AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED
ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3992 10144 3933 10205 3962 10205 4000 10156
4000 10148
$$
HUSTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 10 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:49 AM CDT | Flood Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton | 22 hr |
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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.