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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. 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
- Sep 3, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1410 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
425 WGUS53 KGLD 040100 FFWGLD KSC023-153-NEC057-087-040400- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0069.160904T0100Z-160904T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 700 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 1000 PM MDT/1100 PM CDT/ * AT 700 PM MDT/800 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS AND NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY AND SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3990 10123 3990 10147 4004 10147 4005 10122 $$ 024
2 follow-up statements
896 WGUS73 KGLD 040233 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 833 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016 KSC023-153-NEC057-087-040400- /O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160904T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAWLINS KS-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY NE-HITCHCOCK NE- 833 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT/1100 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS AND NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY AND SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... AT 832 PM MDT/932 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS AND NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY AND SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3990 10123 3990 10147 4004 10147 4005 10122 $$ 024
243 WGUS53 KGLD 040344 FFWGLD KSC023-153-NEC057-087-040900- /O.EXT.KGLD.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160904T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 944 PM MDT SAT SEP 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 300 AM MDT/400 AM CDT/ * AT 943 PM MDT/1043 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALREADY OCCURRING. * FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS AND NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY AND SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS STORMS PASS THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3990 10123 3990 10147 4004 10147 4005 10122 $$ HUSTED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 49 min |
| Sep 3, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 10 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 46 min |
| Sep 3, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 21 min |
| Sep 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 49 min |
| Sep 3, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 13 min |
| Sep 3, 8:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham | 9 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 13 min |
| Sep 3, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 8 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 19 min |
| Sep 3, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 10 min |
| Sep 3, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 10 min |
| Sep 3, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 21 min |
| Sep 3, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 26 min |
| Sep 3, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 12 min |
| Sep 3, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 46 min |
| Sep 3, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 33 min |
| Sep 4, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 22 min |
| Sep 4, 1:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GLD | Norton | 41 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 24 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 67 min |
| Sep 4, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 17 min |
| Sep 4, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 47 min |
| Sep 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wichita | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 62 min |
| Sep 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 23 min |
| Sep 4, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 64 min |
| Sep 3, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 20 min |
| Sep 3, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 31 min |
| Sep 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 21 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.