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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Goodland, KS

August 15, 2021Graham County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2021, 5:14 AM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
Aug 15, 2021, 5:14 AM CDT (10:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2021, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Graham County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2021-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1001 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 2021-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

724 
WGUS53 KGLD 151014
FFWGLD
KSC065-151615-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
514 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 1115 AM CDT Sunday.

* At 514 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Bogue and Nicodemus.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9961 3913 9984 3957 9981 3957 9960

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Lundquist
2 follow-up statements
492 
WGUS73 KGLD 151238
FFSGLD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
738 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

KSC065-151615-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210815T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Graham KS-
738 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT THIS 
MORNING FOR EASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY...

At 738 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 5 inches of rain have 
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Bogue and Nicodemus.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9961 3913 9984 3957 9981 3957 9960

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Lundquist
250 
WGUS73 KGLD 151609
FFSGLD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1109 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

KSC065-151619-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210815T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Graham KS-
1109 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR 
EASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3913 9961 3913 9984 3957 9981 3957 9960

$$

JRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne67 min
Aug 15, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne34 min
Aug 15, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman26 min
Aug 15, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman31 min
Aug 15, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDCheyenne40 min
Aug 15, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman37 min
Aug 15, 2:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace35 min
Aug 15, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman32 min
Aug 15, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace30 min
Aug 15, 3:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham29 min
Aug 15, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham32 min
Aug 15, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham30 min
Aug 15, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham20 min
Aug 15, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham19 min
Aug 15, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove26 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.