Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1992, 12:11 AM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1992, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1992, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLNK 250511
FFWLNK
NEC151-109-097-250800-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
1211 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
SALINE...SOUTHERN LANCASTER...JOHNSON
AT 1207 AM MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA FROM THAYER COUNTY EAST ALONG THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER.
FLOODING CREEKS AND FLOODED ROADS HAD BEGUN TO RECEDE BUT THE
POSSIBLY FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO EXIST FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
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 CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISI*NG.
DUINWhat 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, 7:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 745 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 TORNADO WATCH 678 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA... ...ZONE 1... BOX BUTTE DDAWES SHERIDAN SIOUX ANDERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 810 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 677 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA. ...ZONE 13... DAWSON ...ZONE 17... FRONTIER RED WILLOW GOSPER FURNAS FOBERT
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
NEZ010-020-250230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 824 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NEMAHA AND OTOE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM THE HASTINGS AREA TO SOUTH OF LINCOLN WITH MORE SCATTERED STORMS NEAR THE OMAHA METROPOLITAN AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR FAIRMONT... OR 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE NOTED NEAR CRETE...OR 55 MILE MILES tSOUTHWEST OF OMAHA. PERSONS DRIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A ROAD COVERED BY WATER. ZAPOTOCNY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
NEZ015-019-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 900 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN LANCASTER AND JOHNSON COUNTY...AND SALINE COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 850 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SALINE COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF DORCHESTER. TWO THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN CENTRAL FILLMORE AND NORTHERN THAYER COUNTY FROM FAIRMONT SOUTH TO CARLETON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THEY CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING ALREADY OCURRING IN SALINE COUNTY...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE TOWNS OF CRETE DORCHESTER AND WILBER. LISTEN FOR LATER STEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS EVENING. BYRNE
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
NEZ010-014-015-017>020-250600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 1100 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRED... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 4 AM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 677 HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE SAME AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LIKELY BRING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE NIGHT. ANDERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:13 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
NEZ015-019-250415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 1115 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA HAS EXPIRED... AT 1105 PM SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM THE NEBRASKA KANSAS BORDER NORTH TO JUST SOUTH OF LINCOLN. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MLPH. THESE PARTICULAR STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...HOWEVER THRERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. LISTEN FOR LATER STEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS EVENING. ZELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Otoe | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Johnson, Lancaster | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline, Seward | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Johnson, Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Dodge | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Richardson | 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.