Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1993, 7:42 AM CDT for Boyd County, Knox County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 7:42 AM CDT (12:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1993, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boyd County, NE, Knox County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KOFK 131243
FFWOFK
NEC015-107-131545-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
742 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
BOYD...
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
WESTERN KNOX...
AT 735 AM HOLT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT PONCA CREEK WAS
FLOODING FROM NORTHWEST OF SPENCER WITH WATER RUNNING OVER THE
HIGHWAY 281 BRIDGE.
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.
VAN ALLEN 1240ZWhat 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 13, 4:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
NEZ006-131145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 445 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...DENSE FOG WAS OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 440 AM CDT THE VISIBILITY AT THE NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE IN FOG. TRAVELERS ACROSS THE REGION ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING. WITH THE GROUND SURFACE STILL WET FROM PREVIOUS RAINS ALONG WITH LIGHT WINDS...THE FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO LIFT UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING. RN
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
NEZ006-131345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 615 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...DENSE FOG WAS OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 615 AM CDT THE VISIBILITY AT THE NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN FOG. TRAVELERS ACROSS THE REGION ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING. WITH THE GROUND SURFACE STILL WET FROM PREVIOUS RAINS ALONG WvITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AND COOL TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60S...THE FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO LIFT UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING. RN
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone | 32 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.