Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1990, 9:51 PM CDT for Gage County, Jefferson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 94 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1990, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 11:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gage County, NE, Jefferson 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 KLNK 160251
FFWLNK
NEC095-067-160600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
951 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
JEFFERSON...GAGE...CITY OF BEATRICE...CITY OF FAIRBURY
AT 930 PM CDT HEAVY RAIN MOVED INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE TOWN
OF FAIRBURY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FROM NORTHERN KANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO
MOVE INTO GAGE COUNTY AND WITH THE STREAMS AND RIVERS ALREADY OUT
OF THEIR BANKS THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
IN JEFFERSON AND GAGE COUNTIES.
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CR*OSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
JBWhat 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, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
NEZ003-007-008-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 755 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EARLY THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 750 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM THE NEBRASKA-SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER NORTH OF SPINGVIEW... OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF AINSWORTH TO NEAR BROKEN BOW IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED SEVERAL MILES NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF AINSWORTH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA YOU SHOULD KEEP IN T;OUCH WITH CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KLEFFMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
NEZALL-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 830 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OVER MOST OF NEBRASKA THIS EVENING... ...THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES... TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME EAST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. THE LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA FROM THE SOUTHWEST CARRIES A VERY SERIOUS THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...AND COULD ALSO RESULT IN MORE RIVER FLOODING. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN EASTERN NEBRASKA...AND MOST STREAMS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH. FURTHER HEAVY RAIN WILL RAPIDLY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLE ON LOW GROUND NEAR STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE ON SHORT NOTICE. MOTORISTS...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS RUNNING WATER ON ROADS. REMEMBER THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN EASTERN NEBRASKA FREQUENTLY OCCURS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN. HEAVY RAIN WOULD ALSO RESULT IN MORE FLOODING ALONG THE ELKHORN... LITTLE BLUE...AND BIG BLUE RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. POLLACK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:17 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
NEZALL-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 915 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NEBRASKA... ...TORNADO WATCH EXPIRES IN THE PANHANDLE... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED FOR KEITH...PERKINS...LINCOLN...CHASE...HAYES...DUNDY...AND HITCHCOCK COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT IN THESE AREAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THE EAST ALL NIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THESE AREAS POSE A SERIOUS THREAT FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. POLLACK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:33 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
NEZ003-004-008-009-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 930 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA EARLY TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 930 PM CDT NORFOLK RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM THE O'NEILL AREA SOUTH THROUGH GRAND ISLAND. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE ALBION AREA AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY BY 10 PM... AND ON INTO THE COLUMBUS AREA AND PLATTE COUNTY BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN BOONE AND MOST OF PLATTE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Burt, Dodge, Washington | 3 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.