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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Goodland, KS

September 3, 2016Graham County, Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2016, 9:09 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 2016, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2016, 5:26 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 3, 11:01 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Lenora, KS	STREETS IN TOWN FLOODED ALONG WITH A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 9 COMING INTO TOWN. AT LEAST 6.00 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THROUGH 9PM MDT.
Sep 4, 12:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Lenora, KS	WATER RUNNING OVER HWY 9 IN SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY, SOLOMON RIVER OUT OF BANKS AT LENORA, SWIFT WATER RESCUES WERE UNDERWAY IN RURAL SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

713 
WGUS53 KGLD 040209
FFWGLD
KSC065-137-040645-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0072.160904T0209Z-160904T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
909 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 908 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LENORA...EDMOND...NEW ALMELO AND DENSMORE. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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 3948 9970 3956 9978 3949 10016 3957 10016
      3957 10018 3959 10018 3961 10000 3973 9998
      3975 9963 3957 9963 3957 9960 3949 9960

$$

HUSTED

3 follow-up statements

409 
WGUS53 KGLD 040350
FFWGLD
KSC065-137-041045-
/O.EXT.KGLD.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160904T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1050 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 1049 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LENORA...EDMOND...NEW ALMELO AND DENSMORE. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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 3948 9970 3956 9978 3949 10016 3957 10016
      3957 10018 3959 10018 3961 10000 3973 9998
      3975 9963 3957 9963 3957 9960 3949 9960

$$

HUSTED

186 
WGUS73 KGLD 040445
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1145 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

KSC065-137-041045-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160904T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GRAHAM KS-NORTON KS-
1145 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR NORTHERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTIES...

AT 1143 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING
OF COUNTY ROADS AND IN SOUTHERN NORTON AND NORTHERN GRAHAM
COUNTY...AS WELL AS STREET FLOODING IN LENORA. HIGHWAY 283 IS ALSO
UNDERWATER AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY. 3 TO 7
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LENORA...EDMOND...NEW ALMELO AND DENSMORE. 

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 3948 9970 3956 9978 3949 10016 3957 10016
      3957 10018 3959 10018 3961 10000 3973 9998
      3975 9963 3957 9963 3957 9960 3949 9960

$$

DR

335 
WGUS73 KGLD 041026
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
526 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016

KSC065-137-041034-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160904T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GRAHAM KS-NORTON KS-
526 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN NORTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES...AND CHECK THE LATEST AREAL FLOOD WARNING STATEMENT FOR
ONGOING FLOODING IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3948 9970 3956 9978 3949 10016 3957 10016
      3957 10018 3959 10018 3961 10000 3973 9998
      3975 9963 3957 9963 3957 9960 3949 9960

$$

DR

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, 8:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	8 hr
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, 9:11 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.