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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Goodland, KS

May 25, 2023Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2023, 11:37 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 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, 11:37 PM MDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2023, 5:30 AM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 00:00Z on 2023-05-26Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2023-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 10:47 PM MDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 10:47 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 10:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 6:07 PM MDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
607 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2023

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

0600 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WSW TASCO             39.34N 100.32W
05/25/2023  E6.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   PUBLIC

            SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF ABOUT 6 INCHES OF
            RAIN. TOTAL IS ACCUMULATION FOR THE DAY.

&&

KAK
Local storm report, May 25, 6:10 PM MDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2023

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

0606 PM     FLOOD            1 SSW NORTON            39.82N 99.90W
05/25/2023                   NORTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROUGHLY SIX INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER A
            SMALL BRIDGE. PICTURE SENT IN SHOWS PILES OF
            MILO STALKS IN THE ROAD. RAIN FALL AMOUNT
            CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE HOUR WAS 3.17
            INCHES.

&&
Local storm report, May 25, 6:25 PM MDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
625 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2023

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

0615 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SE HOXIE              39.32N 100.39W
05/25/2023                   SHERIDAN           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MULTIPLE ROADWAYS
            UNDERWATER OR WASHED OUT.

&&

KAK
Local storm report, May 25, 8:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 25, 8:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 25, 8:56 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:02 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDNorton3 hr
May 25, 7:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman3 hr
May 25, 8:38 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan13 hr
May 25, 8:49 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDThomas13 hr
May 25, 11:30 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDCheyenne13 hr
May 26, 12:45 AM MDTFlood WatchGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more25 hr
May 26, 8:29 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins6 hr
May 26, 9:48 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur5 hr
May 26, 1:25 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningGLDDecatur30 hr
May 26, 1:55 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins4 days
May 25, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma49 min
May 25, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma40 min
May 25, 7:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma51 min
May 25, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma31 min
May 25, 8:22 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDYuma3 hr
May 25, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy60 min
May 25, 8:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDundy3 hr
May 25, 11:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy31 min
May 26, 12:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy43 min
May 26, 12:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDHitchcock22 min
May 26, 3:09 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyGLDHitchcock9 hr
May 26, 5:09 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDundy7 hr
May 26, 5:29 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock7 hr
May 26, 5:32 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDHitchcock6 hr
May 26, 6:12 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningGLDHitchcock62 hr
May 26, 6:52 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningGLDHitchcock7 hr
May 26, 7:33 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRed Willow6 hr
May 26, 7:57 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow6 hr
May 26, 8:44 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningGLDRed Willow51 hr
May 26, 9:09 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningGLDRed Willow28 hr
May 26, 11:54 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock71 hr

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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.