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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Goodland KS

409 PM MDT Mon Jun 29 2026 /509 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026/



To:      	Family of Services /FOS/ Subscribers...NOAA Weather Wire

         	Service /NWWS/ Subscribers...Emergency Managers Weather

         	Information Network /EMWIN/ Subscribers...NOAA PORT

         	Subscribers...Other National Weather Service /NWS/ 

         	Customers and Partners...and NWS Employees



From:   	Jeremy Martin

        	Meteorologist-In-Charge

         	Weather Forecast Office (WFO) Goodland, Kansas



Subject: Changes to river forecast services for Beaver Creek at 

Ludell, KS (LDLK1); Sappa Creek at Oberlin, KS (OBNK1); Prairie 

Dog Creek 4E Clayton, KS (CLNK1); and South Fork Republican River 

14SW St Francis, KS (SFAK1)



River Flood Forecast services will begin for the South Fork 

Republican River 14SW St Francis, KS (SFAK1) and Prairie Dog Creek

4E Clayton, KS (CLNK1) effective August 1st. Both sites provide 

automated river gauge information four times an hour via United 

States Geological Survey (USGS) gauges and have been providing 

data for more than 20 years. During high water events, this change

will allow the National Weather Service (NWS) to provide river 

forecasts and flood warning services, to indicate when the crest 

will occur and how high the river will rise. 



Currently, the river gauges at Beaver Creek at Ludell, KS (LDLK1)

and Sappa Creek at Oberlin, KS (OBNK1) are river forecast sites, 

but these locations are manual observation sites where no 

observations have been received in many years. Due to the lack of 

observation information, starting August 1 these locations will 

change to data points, and forecast services will no longer be 

available. 



Areal or Flash Flood Watches or Warnings will not be impacted by 

this change, and flood stages or impacts have not changed for any 

of these sites.



The National Weather Service welcomes public feedback. For 

additional information and for any questions/comments about these 

changes, please contact:





Jeremy Martin, Meteorologist-In-Charge or 

Clint Alexander, Hydro Program Manager 

National Weather Service Forecast Office 

920 Armory Road Goodland, KS 67735 

785-899-7119 

nws.goodland@noaa.gov







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