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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Goodland, KS

May 29, 2021Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2021, 6:44 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 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 29, 2021, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2021, 7:32 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

884 
WGUS53 KGLD 300044
FFWGLD
COC063-300345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0024.210530T0044Z-210530T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
644 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Kit Carson County in east central Colorado...

* Until 945 PM MDT.

* At 644 PM MDT, 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...
  mainly rural areas of Southwestern Kit Carson County

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 10316 3927 10288 3904 10289 3904 10316
      3913 10316

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JN
2 follow-up statements
698 
WGUS73 KGLD 300121
FFSGLD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
721 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC063-300345-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210530T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kit Carson CO-
721 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT THIS 
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY...

At 721 PM MDT, 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...
  mainly rural areas of Southwestern Kit Carson County

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 10316 3927 10288 3904 10289 3904 10316
      3913 10316

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JN
608 
WGUS73 KGLD 300132
FFSGLD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
732 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC063-300142-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210530T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kit Carson CO-
732 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON 
COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3922 10316 3927 10288 3904 10289 3904 10316
      3913 10316

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson29 min
May 29, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson25 min
May 29, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne54 min
May 29, 7:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson36 min
May 29, 7:34 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDKit Carson63 min
May 29, 7:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson65 min
May 29, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma23 min
May 29, 8:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma54 min
May 29, 9:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma28 min
May 30, 1:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson28 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.