Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1990, 8:12 PM CDT for Saline County, Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1990, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1990, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saline County, NE, Seward 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 3625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 260112
FFWLNK
NEC159-151-260415-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
812 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
SEWARD...NORTHERN SALINE...CITY OF SEWARD
AT 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS
MUCH OF SEWARD AND YORK COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA AND INTO THE BIG BLUE
AND THE WEST FORK OF THE BIG BLUE RIVER. RADAR INDICATES THE PREC
IPITATION CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS TO
NIGHT. THE BIG BLUE AND WEST FORK OF THE BIG BLUE RIVER ARE NEARLY
BANK FULL OR NEARLY SO...CREATING A FLASH FLOODING SITUATION.
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.
DPEMUTHWhat 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, Jul 25, 4:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
NEZ010-020-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 345 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR EAST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THOUGH EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 340 PM CDT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN CASS AND LANCASTER COUNTIES IN THE LINCOLN VICINITY 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY SHOULD MOVE INTO THE OMAHA VICINITY BY 5 PM CDT. MORE STORMS WILL MOVE WILL MOVE INTO SAUNDERS AND DODGE COUNTIES ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF OMAHA. ^ BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN PARTS OF SAUNDERS AND DODGE COUNTIES DURING THE DAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN THIS AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. YOU SHOULD MOVE INTO A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING UNTIL AFTER THE STORMS PASS. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FL OODING IS OBSEVERED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
NEZ010-015-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 445 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR EAST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 435 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON A LINE OF HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN NE ACROSS PLATTSMOUTH NE ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA TO NEAR ATLANTIC IOWA ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF OMAHA NE. THIS LINE IS DRIFTING ONLY SLOWLY NORTH AND THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND APPEAR TO BE PRODUCING SOME HAIL THROUGHOUT EAST SEWARD...CENTRAL LANCASTER AND CASS COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN MILLS AND POSSIBLY EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES IN IOWA. RAPID FLOODING IS QUITE POSSIBLE FROM THE STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD QWATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. POWERS
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
NEZ009-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 540 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 AT 540 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK NEAR HUMPHREY TO 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS NEAR GENOA. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING STRONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BUT NONE OF THESE WERE VERY STRONG. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. REMEMBER TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. KLEFFMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
NEZ009-260045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 635 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 635 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK SOUTH TO NEAR COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING STRONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALSO REMEMBER TO NEVER DRIVE ACROSS FAST MOVING WATER FOR IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE OF INCHES OF WATER TO CAUSE HARM TO A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS. KLEFFMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:38 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
NEZ009-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 730 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 735 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK TO JUST WEST OF NORFOLK AND THEN FURTHER SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WHICH ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND WERE LOCATED EAST OF NORFOLK SOUTH INTO COLFAX COUNTY OR 15 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS. AS OF 7 PM CDT RAINFALL REPORTS ACROSS PLATTE AND COLFAX COUNTIES HAVE BEEN GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 2 IN RANGE. HOWEVER THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THESE AREAS. KLEFFMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 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.