Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1988, 9:35 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1988, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1988, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1556 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBF 150235
FFWLBF
NEC029-057-145-085-087-150430-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
935 PM CDT THU JUL 14 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN CHASE...DUNDY...RED-WILLOW...SOUTHERN HAYES...
HITCHCOCK
AT (920 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE
PART OF SOUTHWEST NEBASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO
DEVELOP ALONG FRENCHMAN CREEK OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WHICH MAY
PRODUCE RAPID RISES ALONG THIS CREEK AND OTHER STREAMS IN THE AREA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT AND EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAINS ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
ON FOOT...NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN RELATION TO STREAMS...
RIVERS...OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME DEADLY WHEN SWOLLEN BY HEAVY
RAIN. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS WHEN
HEAVY RAIN THREATENS.
MONSON 0233ZWhat 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 541 PM CDT THU JUL 14 1988 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST PORTION OF NEBRASKA... AT 538 PM CDT AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER HITCHCOCK AND HAYES COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER HAYES CENTER WHICH IS 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA. AT THIS TIME THE STORM HAS LITTLE MOVEMENT TO IT. THIS AREA OF STORMS COULD PRODUCES LOCAL HEAV%Y RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS ...AND SMALL HAIL. HORN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
700 PM CDT THU JUL 14 1988
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST PORTION OF NEBRASKA...
AT 653 PM CDT MCCOOK POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL
AT PALISADE NEBRASKA IN HAYES COUNTY...WHICH IS 25 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST
OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA...ALSO REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS.
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORMS MAY PRODUCES LOCAL HEAVY R{AINFALL...STRONG WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL.
HORNSpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 7:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 700 PM CDT THU JUL 14 1988 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST PORTION OF NEBRASKA... AT 653 PM CDT MCCOOK POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AT PALISADE NEBRASKA IN HAYES COUNTY...WHICH IS 25 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA...ALSO REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS. STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCES LOCAL HEAV|Y RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL. HORN
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Dundy, Hayes | 115 min |
| Jul 14, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Hitchcock | 33 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.