304  
WGUS83 KGLD 171838  
FLSGLD  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS  
138 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
NEBRASKA...  
 
FRENCHMAN CREEK NEAR CULBERTSON AFFECTING HITCHCOCK COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE FRENCHMAN CREEK...INCLUDING CULBERTSON...MINOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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.  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 145 AM CDT.  
 
 
 
NEC087-180645-  
/O.EXT.KGLD.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250918T1338Z/  
/CULN1.1.ER.250917T1451Z.250917T1815Z.250918T0138Z.NO/  
138 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...FRENCHMAN CREEK NEAR CULBERTSON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, LOWLAND AREAS NEAR THE VICINITY OF THE GAGE  
WILL BECOME FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:15 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 1:15 PM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 8.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING  
TO 4.3 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN RISE TO 4.5 FEET  
SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL FALL TO 4.4 FEET SUNDAY EVENING THEN  
RISE AGAIN.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
10.4 FEET ON 05/26/2023.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4035 10115 4035 10101 4023 10082 4021 10094  
 
 
 
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