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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Goodland, KS

September 4, 201611 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood watch at Sep 4, 2016, 5:49 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 4, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2016, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 4, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 4, 2016, 10:49 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2016-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1410 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2016-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
1410 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Sep 4, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 12:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1223 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016

KSZ002-040545-
RAWLINS KS-
1223 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN RAWLINS COUNTY UNTIL 1245
AM CDT...

AT 1223 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR LUDELL...OR 4 MILES EAST OF ATWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATWOOD...HERNDON AND LUDELL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3959 10074 3960 10105 3991 10110 3995 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 257DEG 30KT 3979 10095

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 1:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1215 AM MDT SUN SEP 04 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LENORA                  39.61N 100.00W
09/03/2016                   NORTON             KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER RUNNING OVER HWY 9 IN SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY,
            SOLOMON RIVER OUT OF BANKS AT LENORA, SWIFT WATER RESCUES
            WERE UNDERWAY IN RURAL SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY.

&&

CLT
Local storm report, Sep 4, 2:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
110 AM MDT SUN SEP 04 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LENORA                  39.61N 100.00W
09/03/2016                   NORTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SWIFT WATER RESCUE NEAR LENORA, KS DUE TO PERSON IN CAR.

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 3:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman52 min
Sep 3, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins49 min
Sep 3, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham32 min
Sep 3, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Norton10 hr
Sep 3, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton36 min
Sep 3, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham46 min
Sep 3, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace21 min
Sep 3, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins49 min
Sep 3, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins8 hr
Sep 3, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman13 min
Sep 3, 8:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham9 hr
Sep 3, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur23 min
Sep 3, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham33 min
Sep 3, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman47 min
Sep 3, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton13 min
Sep 3, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham32 min
Sep 3, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham, Norton8 hr
Sep 3, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins19 min
Sep 3, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas25 min
Sep 3, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman10 min
Sep 3, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham29 min
Sep 3, 9:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins6 hr
Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham39 min
Sep 3, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur36 min
Sep 3, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne10 min
Sep 3, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne21 min
Sep 3, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham33 min
Sep 3, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne26 min
Sep 3, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne12 min
Sep 3, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham42 min
Sep 3, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins46 min
Sep 3, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham33 min
Sep 4, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins22 min
Sep 4, 1:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGLDNorton41 hr
Sep 4, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas3 hr
Sep 4, 5:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan24 hr
Sep 4, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley67 min
Sep 4, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace45 min
Sep 4, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne51 min
Sep 4, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita45 min
Sep 4, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman17 min
Sep 4, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne51 min
Sep 4, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Sherman28 min
Sep 4, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas51 min
Sep 4, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita47 min
Sep 4, 5:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wichita6 hr
Sep 4, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita62 min
Sep 4, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan23 min
Sep 4, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan64 min
Sep 3, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma53 min
Sep 4, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne22 min
Sep 4, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne9 min
Sep 4, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips16 min
Sep 3, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow31 min
Sep 3, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow45 min
Sep 3, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow31 min
Sep 3, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow20 min
Sep 3, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRed Willow7 hr
Sep 3, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow31 min
Sep 4, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow21 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2016Flash Flood Watches in Nebraska, 2016Every flash flood watch in 2016

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.