Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Goodland, KS

Issued

Sep 3, 2016, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)

Expired

Sep 4, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Goodland, KS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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977 
WGUS53 KGLD 040238
FFWGLD
KSC039-153-NEC087-145-040900-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0073.160904T0238Z-160904T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  WESTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 937 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...
  HERNDON...CEDAR BLUFFS AND TRAER. 

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 4028 10057 4021 10068 4001 10059 4002 10027
      3988 10040 3991 10123 4008 10123 4027 10069

$$

HUSTED

739 
WGUS73 KGLD 040901
FFSGLD

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

KSC039-153-NEC087-145-040910-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160904T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DECATUR KS-RAWLINS KS-HITCHCOCK NE-RED WILLOW NE-
401 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DECATUR...NORTHEASTERN
RAWLINS...SOUTHERN HITCHCOCK AND WESTERN RED WILLOW COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4028 10057 4021 10068 4001 10059 4002 10027
      3988 10040 3991 10123 4008 10123 4027 10069

$$

DR

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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.