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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2019, 6:52 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
- May 26, 2019, 6:52 PM MDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2019, 7:38 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:36 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | Burlington, CO | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted.
548 WGUS53 KGLD 270052 FFWGLD COC063-270245- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0013.190527T0052Z-190527T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Goodland KS 652 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019 The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Kit Carson County in east central Colorado... * Until 845 PM MDT. * At 652 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Burlington and Bethune. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 428 and 448. Highway 385 between mile markers 177 and 203. LAT...LON 3951 10208 3914 10206 3914 10249 3953 10241 $$ JN
1 follow-up statement
603 WGUS73 KGLD 270138 FFSGLD Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 738 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019 COC063-270148- /O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190527T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Kit Carson CO- 738 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3951 10208 3914 10206 3914 10249 3953 10241 $$ JN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 22 min |
| May 26, 6:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 20 min |
| May 26, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 28 min |
| May 27, 5:56 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 42 min |
| May 27, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 45 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.