Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

Jul 19, 1990, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)

Expired

Jul 19, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
208 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHEAST CLAY...NORTHWEST FILLMORE

AT 145 PM STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT SUTTON NEBRASKA IN NORTH-
EAST CLAY COUNTY NEBRASKA.  RAINFALL OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAS BEEN
REPORTED FROM THE SUTTON AREA SINCE 1130 THIS MORNING...AND HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL AT 200 PM.  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG
SCHOOL CREEK THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST CLAY AND NORTHWEST
FILLMORE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DUE TO THE HEAVY
RAINFALL THE PAST FEW HOURS.  RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF YORK COUTNY SHOULD ALSO REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING LATER.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED.  RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR AUTO.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A ROAD COVERED BY WATER.  THE ROAD
COULD BE WASHED OUT UNDTER THE WATER OR YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEEP
AWAY IF THE WATER IS FLOWING SWIFTLY.

 DGS

In the hours before

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-191945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
145 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 132 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...WEST TO
NORTH OF HILL CITY TO THE KANSAS BORDER SOUTH OF LEXINGTON.  VERY
HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED IN THESE STORMS.

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED
AT SUTTON IN NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY.  HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED AT
SUTTON SINCE 1130 THIS MORNING.  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING AND
MOVING OFF TO THE EAST OVER NORTHERN CLAY INTO NORTHERN FILLMORE
COUNTIES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.

OTHERWISE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND SCSTTERED OVER THE EAST.  THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL
WAS OVER NORTHERN CLAY INTO NORTHWEST FILLMORE COUNTIES...TO THE
EAST OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO
VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM BETWEEN NORTH PLATTE
AND KEARNEY TO NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW...AND IN NORTH
EAST NEBRASKA NORTH OF NORFOLK AND7 WEST OF SIOUX CITY.

ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
DGS

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.