Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1990, 5:08 AM CDT for Antelope County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1990, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Antelope 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KOFK 151008
FFWOFK
NEC003-141-037-151315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
508 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
ANTELOPE...PLATTE...COLFAX
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PLATTE AND COLFAX COUNTIES HAS BEEN
EXTENDED AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANTELOPE COUNTY HAS BEEN
ADDED. FLOODING IS CONTINUING ALONG SHELL CREEK IN PLATE COUNTY
WITH THE MOST SERIOUS FLOODING AT PLATTE CENTER.
RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES HAS BEEN ESTIMATED OVERNIGHT IN
ANTELOPE COUNTY AND ALREADY FULL TRIBUTARIES OF MAPLE CREEK IN
COLFAX COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS ON THE WAY
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.
SMITHWhat 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, 12:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
NEZ006-016-150600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1100 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 3 AM CDT FRIDAY... AT 1050 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY INTO WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. A THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO WESTERN DUNDY COUNTY FROM COLORADO AND IS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BENKELMAN OR 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAINm BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALLFIELD
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 12:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
NEZ006-016-150600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED ON HEADER TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1100 PM MDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 3 AM CDT FRIDAY... AT 1050 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY INTO WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. A THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO WESTERN DUNDY COUNTY FROM COLORADO AND IS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BENKELMAN OR 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.y THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALLFIELD
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
NEZ007-150700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA HAS EXPIRED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 3 AM CDT FRIDAY... AT 1 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 40 TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALLFIELD
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, 1:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Colfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte | 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.