Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1989, 7:01 PM MDT for Kimball County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1989, 7:01 PM MDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1989, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kimball 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 KBFF 090101
FFWBFF
NEC105-090400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
701 PM MDT THU JUN 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
KIMBALL...THE CITY OF KIMBALL
AT 7 PM MDT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN PARTS OF KIMBALL
COUNTY NEBRASKA...IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PANHANDLE.
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 5 30PM MDT IN MOST OF
KIMBALL COUNTY...ALONG WITH PEA-SIZED HAIL ACCUMULATING 3-4 INCHES
IN THE CITY OF KIMBALL.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. DO NOT WASTE TIME TRYING TO SAVE PERSONAL PROPERTY...MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FAST MOVING
WATER BY FOOT OR AUTO.
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD SEEK HIGHER
GROUND WITHOUT DELAY. MOTORISTS USE CAUTION IN APPROACHING LOW
AREAS OF ROADS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
PFEIFFERWhat 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, Jun 8, 2:58 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 255 PM MDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 250PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE EAST. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMANY THESE STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 5PM MDT. KOSEL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 435 PM MDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 4 33PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED...EAST TO WEST...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING...JUST NORTH OF CHEYENNE TO NEAR LARAMIE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF KIMBALL NEBRASKA AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMANY THESE STORMS ACROSS KIMBALL..CHEYENNE..AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BANNER MORRILL COUNTIES UNTIL 6 30PM MDT THIS EVENING. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 525 PM MDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DETECTED SOUTHWEST WYOMING... STRONG SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE DETECTED BY RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING AT 5 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF SAGE WYOMING...OR 22 MILES WEST OF KEMMERER IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOpVING WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR THE REST THIS EVENING. RIZZO
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 548 PM MDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING... AT 530 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS THURSDAY EVENING. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA NORTH OF SIDNEY...WEST INTO SOUHEAST WYOMING NORTH OF CHEYENNE...AND THEN CONTINUED NORTHWEST INTO THE LARAMIE RANGE...35 MILES NORTHEAST OFw LARAMIE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY...ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR ...TO THE EAST. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR LOCAL HEAVY RAINS... ...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING. RIZZO
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:05 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 6 05 PM MDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 6 03PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED...EAST TO WEST...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING...JUST NORTH OF CHEYENNE TO NEAR LARAMIE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF KIMBALL NEBRASKA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM OVER KIMBALL HAS DUMPED VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND ALMOST STEADY PEA-SIZE HAILSTONES WHICH HAVE ACCUMULATED TO DEPTHS OF 3-4 INCHES. THE STREETS IN KIMBALL ARE FLOWING CURB-TO-CURB WITH WATER AND HAILSTONES WERE CLOGGING DRAIN OPENINGS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOWLAND FLOODING WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. VERY HEAVY RAIN ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANxHANDLE UNTIL 7 30 PM MDT THIS EVENING. PFEIFFER
Nearby
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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.