Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 2, 2017, 9:49 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2017, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2017, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Graham County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 10:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Hill City, KS | DUPLICATE REPORT...ONE AND A HALF FEET OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS 280TH AVENUE 1 MILE EAST OF HILL CITY. |
| Oct 2, 10:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Hill City, KS | ONE AND A HALF FEET OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS 280TH AVENUE 1 MILE EAST OF HILL CITY. |
| Oct 2, 10:23 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Hill City, KS | ONE AND A HALF FEET OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS 280TH AVENUE 1 MILE EAST OF HILL CITY. |
| Oct 3, 12:28 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.37 | 1 E Hill City, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2098 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS53 KGLD 030249
FFWGLD
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
949 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Graham County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 115 AM CDT
* At 948 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Hill City, Morland, Bogue, Nicodemus, Penokee, Saint Peter and
Studley.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
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.
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 3913 10016 3941 10016 3957 9985 3957 9960
3914 9961
$$
Buller3 follow-up statements
522
WGUS73 KGLD 030334
FFSGLD
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1034 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
KSC065-030615-
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Graham KS-
1034 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR
GRAHAM COUNTY...
At 1030 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. At 1015 PM CDT, a trained spotter reported that one and a
half feet of water was flowing across 280th avenue one mile east of
Hill City.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Hill City, Morland, Bogue, Nicodemus, Penokee, Saint Peter and
Studley.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10016 3941 10016 3957 9985 3957 9960
3914 9961
$$
Buller758
WGUS53 KGLD 030600
FFWGLD
KSC065-030915-
/O.EXT.KGLD.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-171003T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
100 AM CDT TUE OCT 3 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Graham County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 415 AM CDT
* At 1258 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. At least 3 to 5 inches of rain
has occurred with locally higher amounts. Flash flooding is
already occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Hill City, Morland, Bogue, Nicodemus, Penokee, Saint Peter and
Studley.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
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.
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 3913 10016 3941 10016 3957 9985 3957 9960
3914 9961
$$
Buller430
WGUS73 KGLD 030909
FFSGLD
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
409 AM CDT TUE OCT 3 2017
KSC065-030919-
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Graham KS-
409 AM CDT TUE OCT 3 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRAHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM
CDT TUESDAY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3913 10016 3941 10016 3957 9985 3957 9960
3914 9961
$$
024The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita | 38 min |
| Oct 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 29 min |
| Oct 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 35 min |
| Oct 2, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 38 min |
| Oct 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 47 min |
| Oct 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 26 min |
| Oct 2, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan | 58 min |
| Oct 2, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 6 hr |
| Oct 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 49 min |
| Oct 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan | 45 min |
| Oct 2, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Sheridan | 43 min |
| Oct 2, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 32 min |
| Oct 2, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 30 min |
| Oct 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 34 min |
| Oct 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.