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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Goodland, KS

May 17, 2021Logan County, Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2021, 1:59 PM CDT for Logan County, Thomas 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 17, 2021, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2021, 3:59 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Logan County, KS, Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

581 
WGUS53 KGLD 171859
FFWGLD
KSC109-193-172200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0015.210517T1859Z-210517T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
159 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Thomas County in northwestern Kansas...
  Logan County in west central Kansas...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 156 PM CDT, emergency management reported three to five inches 
  of rainfall on local roads and some back roads are covered with 
  water.  Ongoing thunderstorms are producing heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  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...
  Colby, Oakley, Brewster, Levant, Winona, Monument, Russell 
  Springs, Mingo and Halford.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3914 10139 3940 10139 3940 10081 3870 10082
      3870 10148 3913 10148

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

ANW
1 follow-up statement
306 
WGUS73 KGLD 172059
FFSGLD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
359 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

KSC109-193-172109-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210517T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Logan KS-Thomas KS-
359 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN THOMAS AND LOGAN 
COUNTIES...

Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Please continue 
to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3914 10139 3940 10139 3940 10081 3870 10082
      3870 10148 3913 10148

$$

ANW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman56 min
May 16, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan, Sherman63 min
May 16, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman55 min
May 16, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace35 min
May 16, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas11 min
May 16, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne66 min
May 16, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman, Thomas78 min
May 16, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan, Wallace71 min
May 16, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWallace3 hr
May 16, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita49 min
May 16, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Sherman53 min
May 16, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita62 min
May 16, 11:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita2 hr
May 17, 1:02 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDWallace6 hr
May 17, 1:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita6 hr

Nearby

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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.