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Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

May 28, 2023Graham County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this areal flood warning at May 28, 2023, 11:11 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2023, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2023, 7:33 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Graham County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at May 28, 10:50 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 10:50 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 10:55 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 8:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
729 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 PM     HAIL             9 SSE EDMOND            39.50N 99.78W
05/28/2023  E1.75 INCH       GRAHAM             KS   PUBLIC

            RELAYED REPORT OF HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL IN
            SIZE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

KAK

Local storm report, May 28, 8:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
734 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 NW EDMOND             39.67N 99.87W
05/28/2023                   NORTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH VIDEO.

&&

KAK

Local storm report, May 28, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
741 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 E REAGER              39.83N 100.02W
05/28/2023                   NORTON             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 383.

&&

KAK

Special weather statement, May 28, 9:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
902 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023

KSZ004-016-290300-
Norton KS-Graham KS-
902 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Norton and
northern Graham Counties through 1000 PM CDT...

At 902 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lenora, or 16 miles northwest of Hill City, moving southeast at 15
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southern Norton and
northern Graham Counties, including the following locations...
Densmore and New Almelo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3937 10009 3965 10014 3972 9965 3969 9963
      3957 9963 3957 9960 3947 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 325DEG 12KT 3958 10000

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

KMK

Special weather statement, May 28, 10:54 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:55 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	54 min
May 28, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Norton	38 min
May 28, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	69 min
May 28, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	44 min
May 28, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	16 min
May 28, 8:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Graham	3 hr
May 28, 8:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	14 hr
May 28, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	58 min
May 28, 9:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Graham	16 min
May 29, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	22 min
May 28, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	36 min
May 29, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	37 min
May 29, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	31 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.