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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

July 25, 19924 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1992, 2:00 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1992, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1992, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 1992-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jul 24, 8:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-242145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
845 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR A LARGE PART OF
   SOUTHERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEAST FILLMORE AND EASTERN
   YORK COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED...

AT 830 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN 30
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND.  IN ADDITION OTHER THUNDESTORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF
HASTINGS.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST NO7RTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

GRIFFITH
Local storm report, Jul 24, 9:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
914 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992

TIME        COUNTY     PLACE          REPORT
2100        YORK    MCCOOL JUNCTION   1 MILE EAST OF MCCOOL JUNCTION
                                      A GRAVEL ROAD WAS WASHED OUT.
                                      WATER GOING DOWN IN TOWN BUT WEST
                                      FORK OF LITTLE BLUE RISING.

GRIFFITH
Local storm report, Jul 24, 9:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
955 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992

TIME        COUNTY     PLACE          REPORT
2153        YORK    MCCOOL JUNCTION   WEST FORK OF LITTLE BLUE OUT OF
                                      ITS BANKS IN TOWN.

GRIFFITH
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-250545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1143 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FILLMORE AND SOUTHERN YORK
UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1130 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME INTENSE...WERE OCCURRING
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST...AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
AND A SMALL PART OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM JUST WEST OF
HASTINGS...TO NEAR HEBRON...TO FAIRBURY...AND TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF
BEATRICE NEBRASKA.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.  AS THESE STORMS PASSED
ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF NEBRASKA...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
OCCURRED WITH SOME REPORTS OF 4.20 INCHES AT EXETER...3.00 INCHES AT
FAIRMONT...2.30 INCHES AT SHICKLEY...2.60 INCHES AT HARVARD...2.40
INCHES AT GLENVILLE...AND 1.60 INCHES AT GRAFTON WHERE INDIAN CREEK
WAS OVER ITS BANKS THIS EVENING.

PERSONS IN THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM THIS EVENINGS RAINFALL
SHOULD BE ALERT TO PONDING OF WATER OVER ROAD SURFACES DURING THE
NIGHT...AND TO ELOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS AND RIVERS IN THE
AREA.

BE READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IN THE EVENT OF FLOODED CREEKS AND RIVERS
IN THE AREA...ESPECIALLY WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.

VEJ
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 12:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-250545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1245 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FILLMORE COUNTY UNTIL
4 AM CDT...

AT 1230 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME INTENSE...WERE OCCURRING
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST...AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
AND A SMALL PART OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE IN A BAND 60 MILES
WIDE AND EXTENDED ON EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF
KEARNEY...TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
BEATRICE...TO 20 MILES NORTH OF FALLS CITY.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND SOME HAIL.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PERSONS IN THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM THIS EVENINGS RAINFALL
SHOULD BE ALERT TO PONDING OF WATER OVER ROAD SURFACES DURING THE
NIGHT...AND TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS AND RIVERS IN THE
AREA.

BE READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IN THE EVENT OF FLOODED CREEKS AND RIVERS
IN THE AREA...ESPECIALLY WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.

GRIFFITH
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 1:43 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-250745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
142 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FILLMORE COUNTY UNTIL
4 AM CDT...

AT 130 AM CDT...GRAND ISLAND RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AS WELL AS
SOME PARTS OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME INTENSE WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN ADAMS...
CLAY...NUCKALS AND THAYER COUNTIES.  THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED
35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS AND 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE.  IN
ADDITION NEW STORMS WERE DEVELOPING 15 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK TO GRAND
ISLAND.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
RADAR AND SATELLITE INDICATE POSSIBLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN ACROSS THAYER...SOUTHERN FILLMORE AND SOUTHERN CLAY
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS.
RISES ALONG THE SANDY AND TURKEY CREEKS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH
SOME STREET FLOODING IN THESE AREAS.

PERSONS IN THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM THIS EVENINGS RAINFALL
SHOULD BE ALERT TO PONDING OF WATER OVER ROAD SURFACES DURING THE
NIGHT...AND TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS AND RIVERS IN THE
AREA.

BE READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IN THE EVENT OF FLOODED CREEKS AND RIVERS
IN THE AREA...ESPECIALLY WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.

GRIFFITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, York37 min
Jul 24, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Hamilton38 min
Jul 25, 12:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFillmore4 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.