Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 1992, 7:23 PM CDT for Howard County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1992, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRI 050023
FFWGRI
NEC093-050115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
723 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
HOWARD
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF
HOWARD COUNTY ALONG AND NEAR THE NORTH LOUP RIVER FROM COTESFIELD TO
NORTH OF ST PAUL AND THE SOUTH LOUP RIVER FROM DANNEBROG TO THE
CONFLUENCE OF THE LOUP RIVER...AND EAST TO PALMER. THE SPRING CREEK
RIVER BASIN NORTH OF ST PAUL IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING.
NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ARE UNDERWATER FROM ELBA TO COTESFIELD AND FARM
PONDS WERE OVERFLOWING. 2.40 INCHES OF RAIN WERE REPORTED AT ELBA.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A ROAD COVERED BY WATER. THE ROAD
COULD BE WASHED OUT UNDER THE WATER OR YOUR CAR COULD BE S-WEEP
AWAY IF THE WATER IS FLOWING SWIFTLY.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
Local storm report, Aug 4, 2:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
203 PM CST TUE AUG 4 1992
150 PM CDT ORD VALLEY CO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
50 TO 70 MPH WINDS
VERY HEAVY RAIN.
BWLocal storm report, Aug 4, 2:23 PM CDT, 5 hours before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
220 PM CST TUE AUG 4 1992
212 PM CDT NORTH LOUP VALLEY CO PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
60 TO 70 MPH WINDS
t VERY HEAVY RAIN.
200-210 PM CDT ORD 8S VALLEY CO PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND
BRANCHES DOWN
VERY HEAVY RAIN.Local storm report, Aug 4, 2:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
220 PM CST TUE AUG 4 1992
212 PM CDT NORTH LOUP VALLEY CO PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
60 TO 70 MPH WINDS
VERY HEAVY RAIN.
200-210 PM CDT ORD 8S VALLEY CO PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND
BRANCHES DOWN
VERY HEAVY RAIN.
212 PM CDT ORD VALLEY CO LETTING UP
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
STRONG WIND...CORN CROP DOWN
1.62 INCHES OF RAIN.
215 PM CDT SCOTIA GREELEY CO VERY HEAVY RAIN
WIND 60 TO 70 MPH.
217 PM CDT SCOTIA GREELEY CO VERY HEAVY RAIN
PEA SIZE HAIL
WIND 40 TO 50 MPH.
BWLocal storm report, Aug 4, 2:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
300 PM CST TUE AUG 4 1992
230 PM CDT SCOTIA GREELEY CO PEA SIZE HAIL
30 TO 35 MPH WINDS
VERY HEAVY RAIN...1.20 INCHS SO FAR.
254 PM CDT FARWELL
AND ELBA HOWARD CO PEA SIZE HAIL
WIND 50 TO 65 MPH
VERY HEAVY RAIN.
BWLocal storm report, Aug 4, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
335 PM CST TUE AUG 4 1992
305 PM CDT CAIRO HALL CO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
HIGH WINDS
332 PM CDT W GRAND ISLAND/HALL CO MARBEL SIZE HAIL
VERY HIGH WINDS
VERY HEAVY RAIN.
335 PM CDT NE GRAND ISLAND VERY HEAVY RAIN
WINDOWS BROKEN
.90 INCHES OF RAIN IN 09 MINUTES
WATER OVER CURBS.
BLocal storm report, Aug 4, 4:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
405 PM CST TUE AUG 4 1992
335 PM CDT W GRAND ISLAND/HALL CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
HIGHWAYS 30/281
340 PM CDT CAIRO 4E/HALL CO 1.00 INCH OF RAIN IN 10 MINUTES.
350 PM CDT PHILLIPS 11/2SE/HAMILTON WIND 30-40 MPH
VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN RW+
355 PM CDT TRUMBULL/CLAY CO PEA SIZE HAIL
30 TO 40 MPH WIND
328-358 CDT GRAND ISLAND/HALL 1.42 INCHES OF RAIN.
BWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Merrick | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Hall, Howard, Merrick | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 4 hr |
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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.