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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1993, 11:05 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1993, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1993, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buffalo County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 640 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.9
- Supercell composite
- 33.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRI 070405
FFWGRI
NEC019-070700-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1105 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
BUFFALO
BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT HAS BEEN
POSITIONED OVER WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY...10 TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST
OF THE CITY OF KEARNEY...HAS PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINS...RESULTING
IN 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. 4 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED
IN THE TOWN OF OVERTON...AND RADAR INDICATES UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF BUFFALO COUNTY. MANY STREETS IN BUFFALO
COUNTY WILL LIKELY FLOOD...AND SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY OVERFLOW
THEIR BANKS FOR A BRIEF TIME.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR AUTO.
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 SWEEP
AWAY IF THE WATER IS FLOWING SWIFTLY.
NIETFELDWhat 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 6, 6:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 650 PM CDT SUN JUN 06 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 650 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOPE RAPIDLY FROM THE HOLDREGE AREA...NORTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF THE NORTH PLATTE AREA. SOME CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45MPH. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. DER
Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:20 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1020 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993
TIME/CDT LOCATION /EVENT
1018 PM BUFFALO COUNTY...AMHERST REPORTS BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
AMHERST IS 12 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KEARNEY
DDN
NEY.
DGS
ORT FROM GOODLAND WEATHER SERVICE.
DGSLocal storm report, Jun 6, 10:20 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1020 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993
TIME/CDT LOCATION /EVENT
1018 PM BUFFALO COUNTY...AMHERST REPORTS BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
AMHERST IS 12 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KEARNEY
DDN
NEY.
DGS
ORT FROM GOODLAND WEATHER SERVICE.
DGSLocal storm report, Jun 6, 11:02 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1102 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993
TIME/CDT LOCATION /EVENT
1059 PM BUFFALO COUNTY...PLEASANTON MARBLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL...AND 1/2 MILE EAST OF HAZARD MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
DGSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Gosper, Phelps | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard, Sherman | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 12:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard, Merrick, Nance | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 12:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Sherman | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 1:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nance | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 1:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nance | 15 min |
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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.