Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT for Cedar County, Nebraska. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 1993, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cedar County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 4054 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 22.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOFK 300301 FFWOFK NEC011-027-119-139-179-300700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 1000 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ...BOONE COUNTY...CEDAR COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY...PIERCE COUNTY ...WAYNE COUNTY RAINFALLS OF 3 TO OVER 6 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN AN AREA FROM BOONE COUNTY...ACROSS MADISON...PIERCE...WESTERN WAYNE AND CEDAR COUNTIES THIS EVENING. HIGHWAY 14 IS CLOSED ACROSS BOONE COUNTY...MANY COUNTY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER. WATER IS ACROSS HIGHWAY 121 IN MADISON COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 20 IN CEDAR COUNTY NEAR BELDEN. TORRENTIAL RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THIS AREA AND WILL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION AND ANYONE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND..A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATERj COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. BOWMAN &
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, Aug 29, 7:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
NEZ016-017-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 715 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY BY 725 PM CDT... AT 710 PM CDT RADAR REVEALED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHICH WERE POISED TO ENTER SOUTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 75 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...OR NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF FRONTIER COUNTY...OR FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. PERSONS NEAR THE TOWN OF DANBURY...WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 66 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...SHOULD PREPARE FOR THREATENING WEATHER NOW. > MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY BOLTS OF LIGHTNING AND HEAVY R&AINS. SC
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 7:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
NEZ007-017-300145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 747 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 745 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA...BUT ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF DANBURY...OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CUSTER COUNTY...ABOUT 60 MILES TO THE EAST OF NORTH PLATTE OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A DEPUTY NEAR DANBURY WAS REPORTING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN AROUND 745 PM CDT. SC
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
NEZ007-017-300235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 833 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 830 PM CDT AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS AREA WAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE...NEAR CALLAWAY...TO 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. A THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANOLA IN RED WILLOW COUNTY...OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH THESE SAME C HARACTERISTICS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF CALLAWAY...OR ABOUT 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. SC
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 9:23 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
NEZ006-016-017-300325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 922 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 915 PM CDT (815 PM MDT) RADAR REVEALED A SMALL BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN GRANT COUNTY FROM THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 15 MILE WIDE AREA...EXTENDING ABOUT 75 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...OR JUST WEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF ASHBY... IN NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. > ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THIS AREA WAS GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF INDIANOLA...OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND b25 MILES AN HOUR. SC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar, Madison, Pierce | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Boone | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Boone, Madison, Pierce, Wayne | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.