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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2016, 10:32 PM CDT for Logan County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
- May 21, 2016, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Logan County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted.
191 WGUS53 KGLD 220332 FFWGLD KSC109-203-220930- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0008.160522T0332Z-160522T0930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1032 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 430 AM CDT SUNDAY * AT 1029 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ALONG CHALK CREEK. WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE THE HIGHWAY 25 BRIDGE NEAR THE WICHITA AND LOGAN COUNTY. 8 INCHES OF WATER WAS FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 25 IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN. HIGHWAY 25 IS IMPASSABLE IN THIS AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 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 3857 10149 3896 10148 3895 10113 3851 10113 $$ BULLER
3 follow-up statements
830 WGUS53 KGLD 220340 CCA FFWGLD KSC109-203-220930- /O.COR.KGLD.FF.W.0008.160522T0332Z-160522T0930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 430 AM CDT * AT 1032 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ALONG CHALK CREEK. WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE HIGHWAY 25 BRIDGE NEAR THE WICHITA AND LOGAN COUNTY LINE. ALSO IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY...8 INCHES OF WATER WAS FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 25 AT MILE MARKER 139 AND 4 INCHES WAS FLOWING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AT MILE MARKER 134. HIGHWAY 25 IS IMPASSABLE IN THIS AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3857 10149 3896 10148 3895 10113 3851 10113 $$ BULLER
656 WGUS73 KGLD 220612 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 112 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 KSC109-203-220930- /O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160522T0930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOGAN KS-WICHITA KS- 112 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTIES... AT 109 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE WORST FLOODING ALONG CHALK CREEK THAT FLOWS ALONG THE WICHITA AND LOGAN COUNTY LINE. HIGHWAY 25 CONTINUES TO BE IMPASSABLE WITH THE HIGHWAY 25 BRIDGE CLOSED DUE TO THE HIGH WATER AT THAT LOCATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 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 3857 10149 3896 10148 3895 10113 3851 10113 $$ BULLER
299 WGUS73 KGLD 220921 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 421 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 KSC109-203-220930- /O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160522T0930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOGAN KS-WICHITA KS- 421 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 AM CDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3857 10149 3896 10148 3895 10113 3851 10113 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 35 min |
| May 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 22 min |
| May 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 31 min |
| May 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 30 min |
| May 21, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 39 min |
| May 21, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 39 min |
| May 21, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 31 min |
| May 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 33 min |
| May 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 16 min |
| May 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 40 min |
| May 21, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 34 min |
| May 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas | 45 min |
| May 21, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 29 min |
| May 21, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 26 min |
| May 22, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 28 min |
| May 22, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.