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Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Goodland, KS

September 6, 2016Graham County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 2016, 9:52 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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 6, 2016, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Graham County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1146 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

065 
WGUS53 KGLD 070252
FFWGLD
KSC065-070645-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0079.160907T0252Z-160907T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
952 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 951 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HILL CITY...MORLAND...BOGUE AND PENOKEE. 

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 3956 9962 3928 9962 3928 10015 3956 10015

$$

JN
1 follow-up statement
166 
WGUS73 KGLD 070650 RRA
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
150 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016

KSC065-070700-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160907T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GRAHAM KS-
150 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRAHAM COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED TUESDAY
EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF RURAL AREAS IMPACTING
COUNTY ROADS. REFER TO THE AREAL FLOOD WARNING STATEMENT FOR DETAILS
ON THIS THREAT AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING
ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3956 9962 3928 9962 3928 10015 3956 10015

$$

DR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham11 min
Sep 6, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham33 min
Sep 6, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita39 min
Sep 6, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley56 min
Sep 6, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita44 min
Sep 6, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove61 min
Sep 6, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove44 min
Sep 6, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham36 min
Sep 6, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton74 min
Sep 6, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Sheridan72 min
Sep 6, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSheridan4 hr
Sep 6, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham, Norton3 hr
Sep 7, 1:47 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan9 hr

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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.