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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Goodland, KS

September 15, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2016, 9:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 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 15, 2016, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 802 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

587 
WGUS53 KGLD 160208
FFWGLD
KSC039-065-137-179-160500-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0082.160916T0208Z-160916T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
908 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 906 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING IMPACTING HIGHWAY 23 IN NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  NORTON...LENORA...SELDEN...NORCATUR...JENNINGS...
  CLAYTON AND EDMOND. 

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 3936 10071 3972 10073 3987 10033 3992 9999
      3985 9963 3957 9963 3957 9961 3948 9960
      3941 9961

$$

DR
1 follow-up statement
067 
WGUS73 KGLD 160442
FFSGLD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1142 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

KSC039-065-137-179-160451-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160916T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GRAHAM KS-DECATUR KS-NORTON KS-SHERIDAN KS-
1142 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EXITING THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT, HOWEVER FLOODING DUE TO
RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO
AREAL FLOOD WARNING CURRENTLY IN EFFECT, AND CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3936 10071 3972 10073 3987 10033 3992 9999
      3985 9963 3957 9963 3957 9961 3948 9960
      3941 9961

$$

DR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan, Thomas45 min
Sep 15, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Sherman, Thomas47 min
Sep 15, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan44 min
Sep 15, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas50 min
Sep 15, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan55 min
Sep 15, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham15 min
Sep 15, 11:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove16 min
Sep 15, 11:41 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan12 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.