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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2021, 7:04 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 78 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2021, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 8:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 78 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.91 | 2 Nw Levant, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 0.91 INCHES OF RAIN IN RAIN GAUGE IN THE LAST 45 MINUTES. ALSO REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL THAT LASTED ABOUT 10 MIN BEGINNING AT 6 PM MT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
968
WGUS53 KGLD 030004
FFWGLD
KSC193-030315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0003.210503T0004Z-210503T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
704 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Western Thomas County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 1015 PM CDT.
* At 704 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...
Colby, Brewster, Levant and Mingo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 10138 3915 10137 3915 10088 3938 10090
3951 10134
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JN2 follow-up statements
623
WGUS73 KGLD 030043
FFSGLD
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
743 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC193-030315-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210503T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Thomas KS-
743 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WESTERN THOMAS COUNTY...
At 743 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Colby, Brewster, Levant and Mingo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 10138 3915 10137 3915 10088 3938 10090
3951 10134
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JN157
WGUS73 KGLD 030122
FFSGLD
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
822 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC193-030132-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210503T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Thomas KS-
822 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WESTERN THOMAS COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3952 10138 3915 10137 3915 10088 3938 10090
3951 10134
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 1 more | 63 min |
| May 2, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas, Wichita | 83 min |
| May 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 72 min |
| May 2, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 90 min |
| May 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 96 min |
| May 2, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 9 min |
| May 2, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 47 min |
| May 2, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 46 min |
| May 2, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.