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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS

May 25, 20234 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2023, 2:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 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 25, 2023, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2023, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

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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 25, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 10:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
953 AM MDT Thu May 25 2023

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-261600-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
953 AM MDT Thu May 25 2023 /1053 AM CDT Thu May 25 2023/

This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

Additional showers and storms with heavy rainfall are forecast along
and east of Highway 83 through the afternoon with an additional
round moving east across Colorado during the evening hours. A
conditional chance for an isolated severe storm exists across
Cheyenne county Colorado during the evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

For Friday through Friday night, additional showers and storms are
forecast to develop. A severe storm or two remains possible during
the afternoon and evening hours for those along and west of a line
from Haigler to Tribune. The threat for excessive rainfall and
flooding or flash flooding continues.

For the periods Saturday through Wednesday, chances for showers and
thunderstorms continues. Although severe weather cannot be ruled
out, the primary concerns at this time continue to be locally heavy
rainfall and the possibility of flooding and flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 12:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 25, 12:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 25, 1:56 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 25, 2:06 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley28 min
May 24, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Wallace, Wichita45 min
May 25, 9:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham3 hr
May 25, 12:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGraham12 hr
May 25, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan23 min
May 25, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSheridan4 hr
May 24, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne16 min
May 24, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne46 min
May 24, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma36 min
May 24, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne30 min
May 24, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.