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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
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
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.
- 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
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
$$
DR1 follow-up statement
067
WGUS73 KGLD 160442
FFSGLD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1142 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
KSC039-065-137-179-160451-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160916T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GRAHAM KS-DECATUR KS-NORTON KS-SHERIDAN KS-
1142 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN DECATUR...
NORTON AND NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EXITING THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT, HOWEVER FLOODING DUE TO
RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PLEASE REFER TO
AREAL FLOOD WARNING CURRENTLY IN EFFECT, AND CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3936 10071 3972 10073 3987 10033 3992 9999
3985 9963 3957 9963 3957 9961 3948 9960
3941 9961
$$
DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 50 min |
| Sep 15, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 15 min |
| Sep 15, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 16 min |
| Sep 15, 11:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 12 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.