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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Goodland, KS

September 22, 2025Gove County, Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2025, 9:42 PM CDT for Gove County, Logan County, 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: Sep 22, 2025, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2025, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 Sep 22, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 6:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 22, 5:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
403 PM MDT Mon Sep 22 2025

COZ092-222230-
Cheyenne County CO-
403 PM MDT Mon Sep 22 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH 430 PM MDT...

At 403 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cheyenne Wells, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
Cheyenne County in east central Colorado, including the following
locations... Arapahoe.

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 143 and 159.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

This thunderstorm is producing minor accumulations of hail, which
will make driving hazardous, similar to snow or ice. If you must
travel, be aware of rapidly changing road conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3873 10248 3889 10251 3901 10217 3871 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 249DEG 12KT 3881 10235

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Sep 22, 5:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 22, 5:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 22, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 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
Sep 22, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	26 min
Sep 22, 7:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	3 hr
Sep 22, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Logan, Thomas	34 min
Sep 22, 8:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Logan	3 hr
Sep 22, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	18 min
Sep 22, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	30 min
Sep 22, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	31 min
Sep 22, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Wichita	24 min
Sep 22, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	31 min
Sep 22, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	30 min
Sep 22, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	35 min
Sep 22, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace	24 min
Sep 22, 11:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Gove	3 hr
Sep 23, 12:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	9 hr
Sep 22, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.