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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Goodland, KS

May 22, 2021Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 2 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 22, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2021, 7:52 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2021-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 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
308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

934 
WGUS53 KGLD 222242
FFWGLD
NEC145-230145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0017.210522T2242Z-210523T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
542 PM CDT Sat May 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West Central Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 542 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...
  McCook.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4026 10075 4026 10056 4013 10056 4013 10076
      4026 10076

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

ANW
1 follow-up statement
456 
WGUS73 KGLD 230052
FFSGLD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
752 PM CDT Sat May 22 2021

NEC145-230102-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210523T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Red Willow NE-
752 PM CDT Sat May 22 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL RED WILLOW 
COUNTY...

Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no 
longer expected to pose a threat.

LAT...LON 4026 10075 4026 10056 4013 10056 4013 10076
      4026 10076

$$

ANW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock29 min
May 22, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow22 min
May 22, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow65 min
May 22, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow15 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.