Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1990, 5:31 AM CDT for Gage County, Jefferson County, Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1990, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Saline 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 KLNK 151031
FFWLNK
NEC151-095-067-151330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
531 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
SALINE...JEFFERSON...GAGE...CITY OF BEATRICE...CITY OF
FAIRBURY
AT 0530AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
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.
LBWhat 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, 5 hours 6 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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
NEZ006-012-013-017-150900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 145 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 466 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY WEST OF A BROKEN BOW TO KEARNEY LINE. IT CONTINUES IN EFFECT HOWEVER...DUE TO EXPIRE AT 3 AM CDT... EAST OF THAT LINE. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH... ZONE 6...NORTH CENTRAL HOOKER...LOGAN...MC PHERSON...THOMAS. ZONE 12...SOUTHWEST KEITH...LINCOLN...PERKINS. ZONE 13...CENTRAL DAWSON. ZONE 17...SOUTHWEST FRONTIER...FURNAS...GOSPER...HARLAN...PHELPS...RED WILLOW. COUNTIES ORIGINALLY IN THE WATCH AND NOT LISTED ABOVE REMAIN IN THE WATCH UNTIL IT EXPIRES. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE SCATTERED OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...SEVERE WEATHER NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE A THREAT IN THAT PART OF THE STATE. COSTANTINOU
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NEZALL-150900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 300 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES IN NEBRASKA...JUST FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA EXPIRED AT 3 AM CDT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER MUCH OF A THREAT...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF NEBRASKA AT 3 AM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN OCCURRING ALREADY IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA MAKES FLASH FLOODIENG THERE POSSIBLE AS WELL BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER. PEOPLE IN EASTERN NEBRASKA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION. COSTANTINOU
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Saline | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Saunders | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 12:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Dodge | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Burt | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Washington | 4 hr |
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.