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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Goodland, KS

August 26, 2016Decatur County, Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2016, 9:46 PM CDT for Decatur County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 26, 2016, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

293 
WGUS53 KGLD 270246
FFWGLD
KSC039-137-270545-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0052.160827T0246Z-160827T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
946 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 945 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  NORTON...LENORA...NORCATUR...JENNINGS...CLAYTON...
  EDMOND AND REAGER. 

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 4000 9984 3957 9982 3957 10032 4000 10040

$$

LOCKHART
1 follow-up statement
499 
WGUS73 KGLD 270544
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1244 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

KSC039-137-270554-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160827T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DECATUR KS-NORTON KS-
1244 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN DECATUR AND NORTON COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN OBSERVED EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS MOVED WELL OUT OF
THE AREA AND MOST OF THE WATER HAS FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE STREAM
CHANNELS.  SOME PONDING OF WATER AND WITHIN CHANNEL RISES MAY STILL
OCCUR OVERNIGHT, BUT FLASH FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH
AREAS COVERED BY WATER, WHICH CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT.

LAT...LON 4000 9984 3957 9982 3957 10032 4000 10040

$$

LOCKHART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace32 min
Aug 26, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins46 min
Aug 26, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace46 min
Aug 26, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins40 min
Aug 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace, Wichita45 min
Aug 26, 8:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins4 hr
Aug 26, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton46 min
Aug 26, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton41 min
Aug 26, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan51 min
Aug 27, 4:35 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 1 more7 hr
Aug 27, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace45 min
Aug 27, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace43 min
Aug 27, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita40 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.