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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2021, 10:06 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 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
- May 16, 2021, 10:06 PM MDT (04:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2021, 12:25 AM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
916
WGUS53 KGLD 170406
FFWGLD
KSC071-203-170715-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0014.210517T0406Z-210517T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1006 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Greeley County in west central Kansas...
Wichita County in west central Kansas...
* Until 115 AM MDT /215 AM CDT/.
* At 1006 PM MDT /1106 PM CDT/, Doppler radar indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Leoti, Tribune, Horace, Selkirk, Lydia and Marienthal.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10188 3870 10188 3870 10113 3826 10113
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
ANW1 follow-up statement
585 WGUS73 KGLD 170625 FFSGLD Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 1225 AM MDT Mon May 17 2021 KSC071-203-170635- /O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210517T0715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Greeley KS-Wichita KS- 1225 AM MDT Mon May 17 2021 /125 AM CDT Mon May 17 2021/ ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GREELEY AND WICHITA COUNTIES... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3826 10188 3870 10188 3870 10113 3826 10113 $$ JN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 56 min |
| May 16, 6:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sherman | 63 min |
| May 16, 7:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 55 min |
| May 16, 8:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 35 min |
| May 16, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 11 min |
| May 16, 8:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 66 min |
| May 16, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 78 min |
| May 16, 8:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 71 min |
| May 16, 9:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Wallace | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 49 min |
| May 16, 9:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 53 min |
| May 16, 9:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 62 min |
| May 17, 12:02 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Wallace | 6 hr |
| May 17, 12:30 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 6 hr |
| May 17, 12:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 2 hr |
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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.