488  
WGUS43 KGLD 220158  
FLWGLD  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS  
858 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2023  
 
NEC145-220330-  
/O.EXT.KGLD.FA.W.0057.000000T0000Z-230922T0330Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
RED WILLOW NE-  
858 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTY, RED WILLOW.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 858 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN  
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALLOWED FLOODING TO  
OCCUR. REPORTS OF STREETS IN MCCOOK FLOODED ALONG WITH SOME  
BASEMENTS. BARNET PARK IS CLOSED AS WELL. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3  
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND FLOODED  
AREAS UNTIL FLOODING HAS RECEDED.  
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
DRAINAGE TO REPUBLICAN RVR, WEST KELLEY CREEK, BRUSHY CREEK,  
DRY CREEK AND REPUBLICAN RIVER.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE  
IN THE WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
MCCOOK.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE  
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED  
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4022 10064 4018 10064 4016 10056 4022 10055  
 

 
 
JN  
 
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