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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Omaha, NE

June 15, 1990Burt County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1990, 12:57 AM CDT for Burt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1990, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1990, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Burt 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 KOMA 150557
FFWOMA
NEC021-151000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
1257 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 COUNTY

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      BURT

AT 1252 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN BURT COUNTY BY
THE BURT COUNTY SHERIFF/S OFFICE.  NEBRASKA HIGHWAY 32 WAS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.   LOW LAND FLOODING WAS ALSO IN PROGRESS
ALONG THE LOGAN AND BELL CREEKS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY
IN BURT COUNTY TONIGHT AND IT WILL PRODUCE MORE FLASH FLOODING.

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 BY AUTO.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A ROAD COVERED BY WATER.  THE ROAD
COULD BE WASHED OUT UNDER THE WATER SURFACE.

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, 12:25 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
NEZ005-011-016-150900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
1220 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 465 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  IT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FOUR COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ... CHASE..DUNDY..HAYES..AND HITCHCOCK ...
UNTIL IT EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT MDT...1 AM CDT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO STILL POSE SOME THREAT
AS THEY MOVE TOWARD SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

COSTANTINOU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Saline63 min
Jun 14, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Saunders48 min
Jun 14, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler29 min
Jun 14, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler28 min
Jun 15, 12:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXDodge4 hr
Jun 15, 1:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXWashington4 hr
Jun 15, 5:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Saline3 hr

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.