Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1990, 11:15 PM CDT for Boone County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1990, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1990, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 3621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 KOFK 160415
FFWOFK
NEC011-141-119-139-037-167-179-039-160715-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1115 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
BOONE...PLATTE...MADISON...PIERCE...COLFAX...STANTON...
WAYNE...CUMING
A 1115 PM CDT RADAR AND SATELITE INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. AT NORFOLK NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN IN A HALF HOUR. CREEKS ARE RAPIDLY RISING OUT OF THEIR
BANKS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
MORE HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST...AND WILL BE MOVING
ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AFTER THE CURRENT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN
DECREASES.
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.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
DKWhat 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 15, 9:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017 160315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 930 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 930 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS THAT PASSED 3 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA AND 6 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA OR 53 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN AND PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND. SHED DESTROYED. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL THIS EVENING. AT 9.25 PM CDT REPORT AT OCONTO NEBRASKA IN SOUTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY OR 40 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE OF RAINFALL OF 2.35 INCHES. ACH
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017 160315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 955 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 955 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING FOR NORTHERN ARTHUR COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKEN AND IS NOT LONGER SEVERE. AT 9.42 PM CDT REPORTS FROM MCCOOK NEBRASKA AREA OF FARM DAMAGE 4 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK. 2 MOBILE HOMES AND 1 RESIDENTIAL HOUSE DAMAGED 39 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK, NEBRASKA WHICH IS 53 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE NE. ACH
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:36 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
NEZ006-007-160420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1030 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 1025 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTAL NEBRASKA. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN PERKINS COUNTY TO 60 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE IN THOMAS COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 30 MILES WEST TO 30 MILES NORTH OF BROKEN BOW WHICH IS 49 MILES EAST NObRTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BREIF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:06 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
NEZ012-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1100 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 1050 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVELOPED OVER EASTERN KEITH AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 MILES WEST OF SUTHERLAND WHICH IS 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEYSTONE WHICH IS 41 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BREIF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hitchcock | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Red Willow | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 67 min |
| Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Colfax, Cuming, Platte, Stanton | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Madison, Pierce, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Colfax, Cuming, Platte, Stanton | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Madison, Pierce, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar, Knox | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Knox | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Knox | 30 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.