Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1990, 2:12 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1990, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1990, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Platte County, NE, Stanton 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 160712
FFWOFK
NEC011-141-119-139-037-167-179-039-161015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
212 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
BOONE...PLATTE...MADISON...PIERCE...COLFAX...STANTON...
WAYNE...CUMING
AT 200 AM CDT NORFOLK RADAR SHOWED MORE HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS
MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THIS WILL KEEP LOCAL AREAS
OF FLASHFLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA FOR AT LEAST
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WATER IS RISING ON ELM CREEK AT PLATTE CENTER...JUST NORTHWEST OF
COLUMBUS. FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED ALONG SHELL CREEK...UNION
CREEK AND MAPLE CREEK.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.What 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, 10:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 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, 3 hours 36 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, 3 hours 6 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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-160530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1140 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 1130 PM CDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE AREA WAS LOCATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE IN SOUTHEAST THOMAS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BREIF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. ABBAS
Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1230 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990 ...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FROM 6/15/90... 520 PM MDT...PERKINS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH OF VERANGO OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. 6 PM MDT...HITCHCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO FROM WESTERN EDGE OF STRATTON OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE TORNADO WAS ON GROUND FOR ABOUT 24 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 1 TO 11/2 MILES. TORNADO LIFTED NORTHWST OF CULBERTSON IN NORTHWEST PERKINS COUNTY. UPWARDS OF 24 RURAL HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TRESS AND POWER LINES DOWN. 1 SLIGHT INJURY. HIGHWAYS CLOSED DUE TO TORNADO DAMAGE...ROUTE 6 EASTBOUND FROM IMPERIAL IN CHASE COUNTY...ROUTE 34 BETWEEN CULBERTSON AND BENKELMAN IN DUNDY COUNTY...ROUTE 25 FROM THE KANSAS BORDER. TORNADO DAMAGE REPORT IN RED WILLOW COUNTY...FARM DAMAGE 4 NORTH NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK...2 MOBILE HOMES..NE RESIDENCIAL HOME DAMAGED AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. POWER LINES PULLED OUT OF GROUND. SHED ON MCCOOK GOLF COURSE DESTROYED. 708 PM CDT...GOLF BALL ZIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WALLACE OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. TIME UNKNOW...LIGHTING HIT RESIDENCE IN MADRID...PERKINS COUNTY. 525 PM MDT 1 INCH HAIL IN GRANT...PERKINS COUNTY. 925 PM CDT...2.35 INCHES OF RAIN IN OCONTO...CUSTER COUNTY OR 40 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. FURTHER REPORTS OF DAMAGE WILL BE REPORTED TODAY AS RECIETVED. SMALLFIELD
Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1230 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990 ...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FROM 6/15/90... 520 PM MDT...PERKINS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH OF VERANGO OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. 6 PM MDT...HITCHCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO FROM WESTERN EDGE OF STRATTON OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE TORNADO WAS ON GROUND FOR ABOUT 24 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 1 TO 11/2 MILES. TORNADO LIFTED NORTHWST OF CULBERTSON IN NORTHWEST PERKINS COUNTY. UPWARDS OF 24 RURAL HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TRESS AND POWER LINES DOWN. 1 SLIGHT INJURY. HIGHWAYS CLOSED DUE TO TORNADO DAMAGE...ROUTE 6 EASTBOUND FROM IMPERIAL IN CHASE COUNTY...ROUTE 34 BETWEEN CULBERTSON AND BENKELMAN IN DUNDY COUNTY...ROUTE 25 FROM THE KANSAS BORDER. TORNADO DAMAGE REPORT IN RED WILLOW COUNTY...FARM DAMAGE 4 NORTH NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK...2 MOBILE HOMES..NE RESIDENCIAL HOME DAMAGED AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. POWER LINES PULLED OUT OF GROUND. SHED ON MCCOOK GOLF COURSE DESTROYED. 708 PM CDT...GOLF BALL ZIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WALLACE OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. TIME UNKNOW...LIGHTING HIT RESIDENCE IN MADRID...PERKINS COUNTY. 525 PM MDT 1 INCH HAIL IN GRANT...PERKINS COUNTY. 925 PM CDT...2.35 INCHES OF RAIN IN OCONTO...CUSTER COUNTY OR 40 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. FURTHER REPORTS OF DAMAGE WILL BE REPORTED TODAY AS RECIEUVED. SMALLFIELD
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 | Boone | 3 hr |
| 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 | 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 |
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.