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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE

June 15, 19904 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1990, 1:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 1990, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 1990, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Colfax County, NE, Madison 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 150654
FFWOFK
NEC141-119-037-167-151000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
154 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      PLATTE...MADISON...COLFAX...STANTON

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PLATTE... COLFAX... MADISON... AND
STANTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
A SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION STILL EXISTS ON THE SHELL CREEK...
WITH PLATTE CENTER BEING THE FOCUS OF THE MOST DANGER.
MAPLE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN COLFAX COUNTY ALSO REMAIN IN
FLOOD.  UNION AND TRACY CREEKS IN MADISON AND STANTON COUNTIES
WILL LIKELY FLOOD WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  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.

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.

  PERSONS ALONG SHELL CREEK FROM PLATTE CENTER TO COLUMBUS AND
 SCHUYLER AND MAPLE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES SHOULD TAKE ACTION
 TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND PROPERTY.
 FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

 SMITH

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Antelope	61 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Antelope, Pierce	48 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cedar	48 min
Jun 14, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Madison, Wayne	48 min
Jun 14, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Madison, Stanton	46 min
Jun 14, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Colfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton	51 min
Jun 14, 10:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Colfax, Platte, Stanton	3 hr
Jun 14, 10:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Madison	3 hr
Jun 14, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Antelope	28 min
Jun 15, 5:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Colfax, Platte	3 hr
Jun 15, 5:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Antelope	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Dundy	58 min
Jun 15, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	61 min
Jun 15, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Perkins	34 min
Jun 15, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	38 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.