Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 8 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 26, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2021, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:31 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Mccook, NE | REPORT FROM MPING: RIVER/CREEK OVERFLOWING; CROPLAND/YARD/BASEMENT FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted.
055
WGUS53 KGLD 270014
FFWGLD
NEC087-145-270615-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0021.210527T0014Z-210527T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
714 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...
Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 115 AM CDT Thursday.
* At 714 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, Culbertson, Indianola, Bartley, Danbury and Lebanon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 10111 4011 10107 4025 10089 4027 10026
4000 10022
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Lundquist3 follow-up statements
692
WGUS73 KGLD 270149
FFSGLD
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
849 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
NEC087-145-270615-
/O.CON.KGLD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210527T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hitchcock NE-Red Willow NE-
849 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT THURSDAY
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES...
At 847 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
McCook, Culbertson, Indianola, Bartley, Danbury and Lebanon.
Rainfall estimates of 2.5 to 3.5 inches have occurred in the
warning. Additional rainfall may occur later this evening from
storms moving in from the west.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 10111 4011 10107 4025 10089 4027 10026
4000 10022
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2.5-3.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS
$$
Lundquist113
WGUS53 KGLD 270600
FFWGLD
NEC087-145-270815-
/O.EXT.KGLD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210527T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
100 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...
Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 315 AM CDT.
* At 1259 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain expected to move across the warned area shortly. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding due to heavy rainfall.
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, Culbertson, Indianola, Bartley, Danbury and Lebanon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 10111 4011 10107 4025 10089 4027 10026
4000 10022
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2.5-3.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS
$$
ANW574
WGUS73 KGLD 270812
FFSGLD
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
312 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021
NEC087-145-270822-
/O.EXP.KGLD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210527T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hitchcock NE-Red Willow NE-
312 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat.
LAT...LON 4000 10111 4011 10107 4025 10089 4027 10026
4000 10022
$$
ANWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 42 min |
| May 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 39 min |
| May 26, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 27 min |
| May 26, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 28 min |
| May 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 57 min |
| May 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 48 min |
| May 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 6 hr |
| May 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 17 min |
| May 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 46 min |
| May 26, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 22 min |
| May 26, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 66 min |
| May 26, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 62 min |
| May 27, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 62 min |
| May 27, 5:16 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | GLD | Hitchcock | 11 hr |
| May 27, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 80 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.