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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Goodland, KS

May 16, 2021Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1239 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

ANW
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman56 min
May 16, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan, Sherman63 min
May 16, 7:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman55 min
May 16, 8:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace35 min
May 16, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas11 min
May 16, 8:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne66 min
May 16, 8:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman, Thomas78 min
May 16, 8:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan, Wallace71 min
May 16, 9:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWallace3 hr
May 16, 9:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita49 min
May 16, 9:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Sherman53 min
May 16, 9:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita62 min
May 17, 12:02 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDWallace6 hr
May 17, 12:30 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita6 hr
May 17, 12:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Thomas2 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.