Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

May 4, 1999, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 1999, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Smith County, KS

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KGRI 042225
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KSC183-050115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
520 PM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN...
  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* THE COUNTY SHERIFF HAS FLASH FLOODING IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN 
SMITH COUNTY.  SOME COUNTY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AND SMALL STREAMS 
AND CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE.  WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL 
RAIN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS THE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY...AND YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 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 OTHER 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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 4, 2:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
255 PM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

LOTS OF WEATHER GOING ON WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WILL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE THREAT OF RAIN
AND STORMS WITH CATEGORICAL WORDING TONIGHT AND INCLUDE THE
THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN. WILL ATTEMPT TO DROP A SMALL PORTION OF
SOUTHWEST CWA FROM TORNADO AS NORTHWEST FLOW AND WRAP AROUND
PRECIPITATION APPEAR TO BE MAIN THREAT.

WRAP AROUND IS THE PROBLEM AREA THEN FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST
PACKAGE AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS KICK IN.  AREAS OF NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA MAY SEE SOME PRETTY GOOD RAINS. WINDS WILL APPROACH
OR EXCEED ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR TOMORROW. STILL CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS WITH BEST CHANCES NORTH. WILL NOT GET IN A BIG HURRY
TO DRY THINGS OUR WITH UPPER LOW WOBBLING AROUND TO OUR EAST
AND NORTHEAST.

JUST ISSUED WATCH 209 UPDATE COINCIDES CLOSELY WITH MY INITIAL
OZFGID FOR WATCH AREA. WILL NOT ADJUST AS STORMS ARE INTENSIFYING
AROUND GRAND ISLAND...AND POINTS SOUTH.

.GID...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF THE CWA UNTIL 700 PM

MORITZ

In the hours before

KSZ005-017-NEZ060-072-073-082-083-042105-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
335 PM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 209 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

DAWSON  GOSPER  PHELPS  FURNAS  HARLAN  PHILLIPS  ROOKS

WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED IN THESE COUNTIES ABOVE.

HOWEVER THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER
OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 7PM.

BGM/MM

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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.