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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Graham County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2021, 10:08 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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 26, 2021, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2021, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Graham County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2021-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1992 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 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1992 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
22.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

550 
WGUS53 KGLD 270308
FFWGLD
KSC065-270615-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1008 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Graham County in northwestern Kansas...

* Until 115 AM CDT.

* At 1007 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...
  Hill City, Bogue and Nicodemus.

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 3954 9960 3931 9960 3925 9990 3952 9995

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

ANW
1 follow-up statement
416 
WGUS73 KGLD 270616
FFSGLD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
116 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

KSC065-270626-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210527T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Graham KS-
116 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat.

LAT...LON 3954 9960 3931 9960 3925 9990 3952 9995

$$

ANW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton34 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan18 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur45 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDNorton31 min
May 26, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins57 min
May 26, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton51 min
May 26, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham13 min
May 26, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham24 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham22 min
May 26, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham58 min
May 26, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham29 min
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham15 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton53 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur62 min
May 26, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton50 min
May 27, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Norton43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.