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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2015, 5:23 PM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 5 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
- May 27, 2015, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
723
WGUS53 KGLD 272323
FFWGLD
NEC057-087-280430-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0011.150527T2323Z-150528T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
523 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT/1130 PM CDT/
* AT 523 PM MDT /623 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TRENTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4018 10089 4015 10176 4035 10203 4035 10122
$$
HUSTED1 follow-up statement
615 WGUS73 KGLD 280019 FFSGLD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 619 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015 NEC057-087-280430- /O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150528T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HITCHCOCK NE-DUNDY NE- 619 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT/1130 PM CDT/ FOR WESTERN HITCHCOCK AND NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTIES... AT 617 PM MDT /717 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN HITCHCOCK AND NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4018 10122 4015 10176 4035 10203 4035 10140 $$ HUSTED
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 27, 3:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 327 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 301 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015 NOT A LOT OF TIME TO WRITE DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER. MODELS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE CONVECTION. RUC WOULD LOOK TO HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA WITH THE MAIN CLUSTER OF CONVECTION OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE AREA. TWO DIFFERENT AREAS OF SURFACE CONVERGENCE...ONE RUNNING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE AREA AND ANOTHER AREA APPROACHING THE NORTHWEST CORNER. WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOULD TRANSITIONING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. SO STORMS LOOK TO GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE NIGHT. INDICATIONS ARE THAT WILL DEFINITELY HAVE STRATUS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE RAIN WITH SOME PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE. HAVE THIS LAST THROUGH MID MORNING. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY...SURFACE BOUNDARY SETS UP JUST EAST OF THE KANSAS AND COLORADO BORDER. MID AND UPPER LEVEL LIFT LOOKS TO BE STRONGER THAN TODAY SO AGAIN LOOK TO HAVE ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE OF STORMS...SOME SEVERE...IN THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO LACK OF TIME DID NOT CHANGE THE TEMPERATURES THROUGH TOMORROW TOO MUCH. IT DOES LOOK WARMER TOMORROW. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 301 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015 AGAIN NOT A LOT OF TIME DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER. HIGH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT DUE TO RATHER STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH. SAME TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. RIDGING AND DRY CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE IN STORE FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT. FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FLOW BECOME MORE SOUTHWEST WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF STRONGER SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TO MOVE THROUGH. SO THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A LITTLE BETTER DURING THIS PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WERE NOT CHANGED FROM WHAT THE CRH_INIT PRODUCED. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1140 AM MDT WED MAY 27 2015 FOR KGLD...VFR CONDITIONS THRU 00Z THURSDAY WITH SOUTH WINDS 10-20KTS. BY 00Z THURSDAY...VCTS WITH BKN040-050 GIVING WAY TO 3SM IN TSRA THRU 03Z...THEN MIX OF MVFR/VFR SKIES AS CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVE THRU REST OF FORECAST PERIOD. SOME FOG AFT 09Z POSSIBLE. SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY SW AROUND 10KTS BY 09Z. FOR KMCK...MIX OF VFR/MVFR SKY CONDITIONS WITH BKN040-050 WITH 3SM IN TSRA BR THRU 05Z THURSDAY...THEN 3-6SM BR AND BKN015-030 THRU MID MORNING THURSDAY BEFORE TRENDING BACK TO VFR. SE WINDS 10-20KTS BACKING TO THE ESE 10KTS BY 08Z...THEN SOUTH 10KTS BY 15Z. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...BULLER LONG TERM...BULLER AVIATION...JN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 10:57 AM MDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1057 AM MDT WED MAY 27 2015 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-281200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1057 AM MDT WED MAY 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BEGINNING DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. HAIL TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER OR GREATER AND THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM QUINTER TO COLBY TO GOODLAND TO FLAGLER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM MDT (4 PM CDT).
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 4:38 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
438 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM HAIL S BENKELMAN 40.05N 101.54W
05/27/2015 E2.75 INCH DUNDY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS BASEBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR THE
FAIRGROUNDS IN BENKELMAN.
&&
TLYNCHLocal storm report, May 27, 4:40 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
440 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM FLASH FLOOD S BENKELMAN 40.05N 101.54W
05/27/2015 DUNDY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 6 PLUS INCHES OF WATER OVER THE
ROAD NEAR THE FAIRGROUNDS IN BENKELMAN.
&&
TLYNCHSpecial weather statement, May 27, 4:44 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 544 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 KSZ029-272315- GOVE KS- 544 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 544 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF OAKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... THE MONUMENT ROCKS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3870 10082 3905 10081 3899 10051 3870 10048 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 259DEG 22KT 3922 10085 HUSTED
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:45 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
545 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
KSZ014-015-272315-
THOMAS KS-SHERIDAN KS-
545 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS AND
SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 545 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTH OF OAKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAKLEY...GRINNELL...ANGELUS AND SEGUIN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 75.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3913 10059 3913 10091 3929 10094 3940 10050
3914 10044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 259DEG 22KT 3922 10083
HUSTEDSpecial weather statement, May 27, 4:50 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 550 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 KSZ042-272315- WICHITA KS- 550 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEOTI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LYDIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3835 10137 3848 10113 3827 10112 3826 10132 TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 245DEG 14KT 3830 10125 HUSTED
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:57 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
457 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015
COZ091-KSZ013-272330-
KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-SHERMAN KS-
457 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL KIT CARSON AND
NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
AT 456 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF KANORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL KIT
CARSON AND NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3946 10219 3957 10201 3957 10170 3945 10161
3932 10214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 246DEG 35KT 3941 10208
HUSTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 30 min |
| May 27, 2:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 52 min |
| May 27, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 62 min |
| May 27, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 59 min |
| May 27, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 29 min |
| May 27, 4:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 62 min |
| May 27, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 25 min |
| May 27, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 27 min |
| May 27, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 40 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.