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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2021, 6:48 PM CDT for Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 72 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
- Sep 5, 2021, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Gove County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
391
WGUS53 KGLD 052348
FFWGLD
KSC063-179-060200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0039.210905T2348Z-210906T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
648 PM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Sheridan County in northwestern Kansas...
North Central Gove County in west central Kansas...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 648 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...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...
Grainfield, Grinnell and Park.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 86 and 101.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3926 10063 3929 10047 3904 10030 3902 10065
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JN/KAK1 follow-up statement
219 WGUS73 KGLD 060100 FFSGLD Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 800 PM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021 KSC063-179-060110- /O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210906T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Gove KS-Sheridan KS- 800 PM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN AND NORTH CENTRAL GOVE COUNTIES... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3926 10063 3929 10047 3904 10030 3902 10065 $$ JN/KAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 5:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Wichita | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 33 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.