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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2023Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2023, 7:52 AM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 26, 2023, 8:21 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2023, 7:52 AM CDT (12:52 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2023, 8:21 AM CDT
Expired: May 26, 2023, 3:07 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

County Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Republican River at Stratton (STTN1). The gauge peaked at 12.89 ft at May 26, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06828500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 26, 5:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 5:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 6:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:56 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:58 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:00 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:34 AM CDT, 18 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 25, 7:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Norton	3 hr
May 25, 8:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman	3 hr
May 25, 9:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Graham, Sheridan	13 hr
May 25, 9:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Thomas	13 hr
May 26, 12:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	13 hr
May 26, 1:45 AM CDT	Flood Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more	25 hr
May 26, 9:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	6 hr
May 26, 10:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur	5 hr
May 26, 2:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur	30 hr
May 26, 2:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	4 days
May 25, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	49 min
May 25, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	40 min
May 25, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	51 min
May 25, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	31 min
May 25, 9:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Yuma	3 hr
May 25, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	60 min
May 25, 9:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Dundy	3 hr
May 26, 12:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Dundy	6 hr
May 26, 12:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	31 min
May 26, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	43 min
May 26, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Hitchcock	22 min
May 26, 4:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	GLD	Hitchcock	9 hr
May 26, 6:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Dundy	7 hr
May 26, 6:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	7 hr
May 26, 6:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	6 hr
May 26, 7:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	62 hr
May 26, 8:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Red Willow	6 hr
May 26, 8:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	6 hr
May 26, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GLD	Red Willow	51 hr
May 26, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GLD	Red Willow	28 hr
May 26, 12:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	71 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.