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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

May 2, 2021Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2021, 6:39 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 77 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
May 2, 2021, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 7:56 PM CDT
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

278 
WGUS53 KGLD 022339
FFWGLD
NEC087-030245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0001.210502T2339Z-210503T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
639 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 638 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...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  mainly rural areas of Southeastern Hitchcock County

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4014 10103 4001 10103 4001 10076 4014 10076

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JN
2 follow-up statements
726 
WGUS73 KGLD 030024
FFSGLD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
724 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

NEC087-030245-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210503T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hitchcock NE-
724 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT THIS 
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY...

At 724 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...Doppler radar.

IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
         drainage and low lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  mainly rural areas of Southeastern Hitchcock County

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4014 10103 4001 10103 4001 10076 4014 10076

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JN
214 
WGUS73 KGLD 030056
FFSGLD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
756 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

NEC087-030106-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210503T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hitchcock NE-
756 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK 
COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 4014 10103 4001 10103 4001 10076 4014 10076

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock25 min
May 2, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy53 min
May 2, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock72 min
May 2, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow20 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.