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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS

September 5, 2021Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
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

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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/KAK
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne28 min
Sep 5, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan44 min
Sep 5, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita23 min
Sep 5, 5:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita53 min
Sep 5, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita34 min
Sep 5, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan35 min
Sep 5, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan33 min

Nearby

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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.