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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2008, 4:44 PM CDT for Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 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 23, 2008, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2008, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- 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), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 23, 9:02 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Park, KS | WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 40 NEAR PARK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 258 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KGLD 232145 FFWGLD KSC063-179-240345- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0001.080523T2144Z-080524T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 444 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TASCO...SELDEN...SEGUIN...HOXIE... ANGELUS... GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...QUINTER...PARK...GRINNELL... GRAINFIELD...GOVE... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3955 10070 3954 10018 3871 10017 3871 10074 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 180DEG 0KT 3897 10049 $$ SFJ/JM
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KGLD 232358 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 558 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSC063-179-240345- /O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080524T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERIDAN KS-GOVE KS- 658 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR GOVE AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES... AT 654 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TASCO... SELDEN...SEGUIN...QUINTER...PARK...HOXIE...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD AND ANGELUS BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 3955 10070 3954 10018 3871 10017 3871 10074 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 180DEG 0KT 3897 10049 $$ SFJ
000 WGUS73 KGLD 240204 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 804 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSC063-179-240345- /O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080524T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERIDAN KS-GOVE KS- 904 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR GOVE AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES... AT 859 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TASCO... SELDEN...SEGUIN...QUINTER...PARK...HOXIE...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD AND ANGELUS BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 3955 10070 3954 10018 3871 10017 3871 10074 TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 180DEG 0KT 3897 10049 $$ SFJ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 23, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
152 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
1248 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
TODAY. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING IMPRESSIVE CLOSED MID/UPPER
LOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN. SHORTWAVE TROUGH WHICH KICKED OFF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER OUR AREA YESTERDAY IS NOW MOVING INTO THE
DAKOTAS. ANOTHER POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW ROUNDING THE BASE OF
THE LONGWAVE TROUGH BRINGING POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FOLTZ
&&
.DISCUSSION...
1248 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE LINGERING SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT OVER THE CWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AND
CONTINUED PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.
STRONG TO SEVERE DEEP MOIST CONVECTION WILL BE ONGOING AT THE
START OF FORECAST PERIOD AND WILL SLOWLY TRANSITION EASTWARD
DURING THE OVER NIGHT HOURS. COMBINATION OF 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS AND TODAYS SOUTH TO NORTH STORM
MOTION CONDUCIVE TO TRAINING CELLS...WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HYDRO
CONCERNS OVER THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CWA. HAVE ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM STRATTON NEBRASKA
TO RUSSEL SPRINGS KANSAS. WILL SEE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL
CONVECTION SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE
COLORADO/KANSAS BORDER HOWEVER BEST COMBINATION OF SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE CWA. ACTIVE WEATHER PATTER
WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER IN THE LONG SERIES
OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EJECTS OUT OF THE BASE OF THE LONGWAVE
TROUGH. BEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. TIMING AND MODE OF SEVERE WEATHER TOUGH TO PIN DOWN
AT THIS POINT BUT WILL BECOME CLEARER AS MONDAY DRAWS CLOSER.
BY TUESDAY..ECMWF SHOWS THE MID/UPPER LOW RETROGRADING OFF THE
COAST OF CALIFORNIA WHICH SHOULD ALLOW WEAK RIDGING TO SET UP.
RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING IN THURSDAY
MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER SHOT AT CONVECTION BACK TO THE AREA.
ESSENTIALLY FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS IN THE EXTENDED GIVING
ONGOING CONVECTION OVER THE CWA.
FOLTZ
&&
.AVIATION...
1113 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN KS AND SOUTHWESTERN NE
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE REGION...INCLUDING KMCK...BY 20Z.
HOWEVER...EXPECTING FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. EXACT TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS IS THE BIG VARIABLE RIGHT
NOW...BUT UNDER ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP EXPECT IFR
CONDITIONS...BASED ON OBS UNDER THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING.
SFJ
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR KSZ001-
002-013-014-027-028-041-042.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ002>004-
014>016-028-029.
NE...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NEZ079-
080.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR NEZ080-081.
CO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ090>092.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ253-254.
&&
WFO GOODLANDHazardous weather outlook, May 23, 12:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1147 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1147 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 /1247 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT EAST OF A LINE FROM JOES COLORADO TO LEOTI KANSAS. ABUNDANT MOISTURE TRANSPORTED ON SOUTHEAST WIND WILL COMBINE WITH INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A DISTURBANCE ALOFT FURTHER INTENSIFIES STORMS. THERE IS PLENTY OF SHEAR SO THAT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH OVER THE SAME PATH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WHERE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS A PORTION OF THE THE REGION TODAY. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. EXTREME FIRE DANGER ALSO EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON OVER KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN COLORADO. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RELIEF FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON SUNDAY BEFORE THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY DURING THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 23, 3:51 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
251 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM HAIL 12 S PARK 38.94N 100.36W
05/23/2008 E1.75 INCH GOVE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0244 PM HAIL 10 S QUINTER 38.92N 100.23W
05/23/2008 E1.75 INCH GOVE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 23, 4:03 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
303 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TORNADO 11 ESE GOVE 38.90N 100.30W
05/23/2008 GOVE KS STORM CHASER
REPORT RELAYED FROM SPOTTER NETWORK
&&
FOLTZLocal storm report, May 23, 4:08 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
308 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM HAIL 1 S QUINTER 39.05N 100.23W
05/23/2008 E0.88 INCH GOVE KS STORM CHASER
&&
FOLTZLocal storm report, May 23, 4:31 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
331 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0331 PM TORNADO 2 SW QUINTER 39.05N 100.26W
05/23/2008 GOVE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER
&&
FOLTZLocal storm report, May 23, 4:35 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
335 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL PARK 39.11N 100.36W
05/23/2008 E1.75 INCH GOVE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
SJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 23, 4:40 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
340 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM TORNADO 2 NW QUINTER 39.09N 100.26W
05/23/2008 GOVE KS BROADCAST MEDIA
RELAYED FROM KAKE-TV
&&
FOLTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:09 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 48 min |
| May 22, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 59 min |
| May 22, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 44 min |
| May 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 6 hr |
| May 22, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 49 min |
| May 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 57 min |
| May 22, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 20 min |
| May 22, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 38 min |
| May 22, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 58 min |
| May 22, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 47 min |
| May 22, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 41 min |
| May 23, 4:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 16 hr |
| May 23, 4:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 16 hr |
| May 23, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 39 min |
| May 23, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 53 min |
| May 23, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 21 min |
| May 23, 11:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 2 more | 17 hr |
| May 23, 1:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 18 hr |
| May 23, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 66 min |
| May 23, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 67 min |
| May 23, 2:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur | 18 hr |
| May 23, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 58 min |
| May 23, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 64 min |
| May 23, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Sheridan | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 53 min |
| May 23, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 67 min |
| May 23, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan, Thomas | 42 min |
| May 23, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas, Wichita | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 53 min |
| May 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 60 min |
| May 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 60 min |
| May 23, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Thomas | 26 min |
| May 23, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 10 min |
| May 23, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan, Thomas | 24 min |
| May 23, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 61 min |
| May 23, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 26 min |
| May 23, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 39 min |
| May 23, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 65 min |
| May 23, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 42 min |
| May 23, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Sheridan | 52 min |
| May 23, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Sheridan | 44 min |
| May 23, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 21 min |
| May 23, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 24 min |
| May 23, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 34 min |
| May 23, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.