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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2016, 7:12 PM CDT for Gove County, Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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 4, 2016, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2016, 12:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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 4, 10:57 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Russell Springs, KS | THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. ONE IS 3 MILES AND THE OTHER 4 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL SPRINGS. WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH WAS FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 25 AT BOTH THESE LOCATIONS. CORRECTED REPORT FOR TIME ERROR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 883 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
130
WGUS53 KGLD 050012
FFWGLD
KSC063-109-050315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0076.160905T0012Z-160905T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
712 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 712 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUSSELL SPRINGS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
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 3911 10079 3911 10067 3890 10065 3876 10129
3891 10134
$$
HUSTED2 follow-up statements
316
WGUS53 KGLD 050250
FFWGLD
KSC063-109-050715-
/O.EXT.KGLD.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160905T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
950 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 949 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR OR IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUSSELL SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3911 10079 3911 10067 3890 10065 3876 10129
3891 10134
$$
JN153
WGUS73 KGLD 050508
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1208 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
KSC063-109-050517-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160905T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GOVE KS-LOGAN KS-
1208 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GOVE AND SOUTHEASTERN
LOGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3911 10079 3911 10067 3890 10065 3876 10129
3891 10134
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 54 min |
| Sep 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 15 min |
| Sep 4, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 16 min |
| Sep 4, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 14 min |
| Sep 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 44 min |
| Sep 4, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 20 min |
| Sep 4, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Greeley | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wichita | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 37 min |
| Sep 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan | 22 min |
| Sep 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 29 min |
| Sep 4, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 5:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 21 min |
| Sep 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 51 min |
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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.