Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

Jun 17, 1997, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Hall County, NE

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KGRI 171656
FFWGRI
NEC019-079-180500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1153 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...BUFFALO COUNTY...HALL COUNTY
 
A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PLATTE RIVER FROM ELM CREEK TO
GRAND ISLAND THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
 
A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GOTHENBURG TO ELM CREEK.
 
AT 11 AM TUESDAY MORNING THE PLATTE RIVER 3 MILES SOUTH OF KEARNEY WAS
AT 5.3 FEET.  FLOOD STAGE AT KEARNEY IS 6 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS
OF THURSDAY JUNE 19TH.
 
THE PLATTE RIVER AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY BRIDGE 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GRAND ISLAND WAS AT 3.3 FEET TUESDAY MORNING. FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET.
THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DURING THE EVENING
HOURS WEDNESDAY AND THEN CREST AT 4.5 FEET DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF
SATURDAY JUNE 21ST.
 
AGRICULTURAL AND PASTURE LANDS ARE THE ONLY AREAS EXPECTED TO BE
FLOODED BUT ANYONE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD BE TAKING
ACTIONS NOW TO MINIMIZE LOSS0ES.
 
REMEMBER TO NEVER DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THE WATER COULD BE MUCH
DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.
 
GRIFFITH

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 17, 2:18 AM CDT, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
218 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TODAY CONCERN OF THIS FORECAST PACKAGE.

LOTS OF BOUNDARIES ON SURFACE MAP AT 06Z - NOT TO MENTION THE
NORTHWEST MOVING KUEX BOUNDARY FROM YORK TO PHILLIPSBURG.  UPPER
FLOW HAS SHORTWAVE SLIPPING THROUGH NORTHERN PLAINS WITH ONLY
LIMITED MOISTURE IN OUR AREA ATTM.  CHURNING UPPER LEVEL LOW IN
WEST TEXAS LIFTING AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE ABOUNDS AROUND HERE.

CLOUD COVER IS INCREASING FROM NORTHWEST NEBRASKA AS TROF AHEAD
OF FRONT APPROACHES QUICKLY.  THIS QUICK MOVEMENT SUGGESTS MUCH
OF WHAT HAPPENS TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO EARLY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST CWA.  FORECAST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE INCREASE BY
LATE AFTERNOON.  THE WORST WEATHER SHOULD BE NORTHEAST OF NEBRASKA
BUT A FEW STG/SVR CELLS SEEM POSSIBLE.  ETA FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR
LATE AFTERNOON HAVE NEAR 1500 CAPE WITH NO CAP.  TEMPERATURES RISING
INTO THE MIDDLE 80S SHOULD SUPPORT THE INSTABILITY PROGS.  WITH THIS IN
THE MIND...THE CURRENT 20-30 PERCENT OVER CWA LOOKS OKAY.  FWC HAS
PERFORMED BETTER RECENTLY AND WILL LEAN THAT DIRECTION.

THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS AND IN NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING.  WILL CONTINUE THIS FORECAST
WORDING IN MORNING ZONES.  AFTERWARD...A CLEARING TREND WILL TAKE
HOLD PROVIDING FOR ANOTHER PLEASANT SLEEPING WEATHER NIGHT.

WEDNESDAY LOOKS TO BE A TYPCIAL WARM JUNE DAY.  ALL THREE MODELS SHOW
AT LEAST +20 IN ERN CWA BY 00Z AT H85.  ZONAL FLOW IN WRN U.S. TRYING
TO SET UP SIGNICANT CHANGING TO THE LACK LUSTER PATTERN RECENTLY.
DESPITE THIS...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW CAP IN PLACE WITH LITTLE FORCING
AVAIABLE IN AREA.  THE CURRENT WARM FORECAST LOOKS GOOD SO NO MAJOR
CHANGES WILL BE MADE.............................................MORITZ

GRI BU 086/055/090 3-0
HBR BU 086/056/089 230
ODX BU 085/054/090 3-0
LXN BU 086/052/091 3-0
BLT BU 086/058/089 230

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.