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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

June 22, 2003Fillmore County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2003, 9:18 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2003, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2003, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fillmore County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2534 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KGID 230219
FFWGID
NEC059-230815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
918 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 913 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT A A THUNDERSTORM WITH
  VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN SHICKLEY AND THE THAYER COUNTY BORDER
  OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF YORK....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 
  15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...
  GENEVA...
  SCHICKLEY...

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.

LAT...LON 4034 9791 4021 9775 4046 9738 4062 9759
&
$$
9
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1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KGID 230520
FFSGID
NEC059-230815-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1210 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY.

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
     FILLMORE

AT 1202 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE 
RAINFALL 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRANG...OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTH OF 
YORK....MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ALONG 
AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 41 LATE SUNDAY EVENING.  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN 
WILL CAUSE LOWLAND FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN FILLMORE COUNTY THROUGH 
EARLY 315 MONDAY MORNING.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY TRACK ACROSS FILLMORE 
COUNTY...WHICH WILL CAUSE EVEN MORE WATER PONDING ON ALREADY 
SATURATED GROUND. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.

LAT...LON 4066 9782 4035 9780 4037 9740 4068 9740
$$
FAY
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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.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 22, 2:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
200 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED FOR CURRENT FCST BUT TO UP LOWS A BIT OVR NEXT
FEW DAYS AND LOWER HIGHS SOMEWHAT THU...OTHERWISE THINKING PRETTY
MUCH THE SAME.

RIGHT NOW...WATCHING MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY IN FORM OF FINE LINE
MOVE EWD OUT OF LBF TERRITORY. THIS WOULD BE LIKELY FIRST INITIATION
POINT FOR CONVECTION TODAY...OVR NRN CWA IN VALLEY SHERMAN GREELEY
OR HOWARD COUNTIES...POSSIBLY BUILDING SWD SOMEWHAT OVR TIME. LOTS
OF JUICE IN THE FORM OF SFC DPTS UPR 60S TO LOW 70S EAST OF
LINE...AND WITH SUN STARTING TO BREAK THROUGH GENERATING LOADS OF LL
CAPE. SHOULD REACH CONVECTIVE TEMPS ALSO RATHER EASILY...ESPECIALLY
NEAR AND S OF I80 CORRIDOR. LL SHEAR QUITE GOOD...HOWEVER MID TO UPR
LVLS HAVE SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED. OVERALL...BEST CHC FOR TSRA WILL
BE OVR NRN HALF OF CWA ALONG DEV WARM FRONT...WITH BEST CHC FOR
SEVERE N OF I80 AND E OF HIGHWAY 281. STRONG OR ISOLATED SEVERE
CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVR REST OF CWA...HOWEVER MUCH MORE STABLE
CONDITIONS ENCROACHING UPON SWRN PORTION OF CWA. FOR NOW KEEPING
WITH SCATTERED MENTION...40 POPS NE...30S EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT SWRN
CWA WITH 20 POPS.

FOR MON...CONTINUES TO LOOK QUITE HOT AND FAIRLY MOIST...HOWEVER
MUCH TOO CAPPED OVR MOST OF OUR CWA...WITH INSTABILITY AXIS PUSHING
FURTHER TO THE EAST. LEFT SMALL 20 POPS E AND NE CWA FOR AFT/EVE
PERIOD FOR POINTS IN NERN ZONES...ESPECIALLY WITH LEFT OVR
CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY(S) HAVING THE CHANCE TO PUSH INTO THIS AREA.
HOWEVER...NOT MUCH OF CHANCE REALLY.

BEYOND...NO REAL CHANGES EXCEPT ABOVE MENTIONED LOWERING OF TEMPS A
BIT MORE THU BEHIND FRONT AS RELATIVELY COOL DRY AIR MOVES BACK FOR
A DAY OR SO.

.GID...NONE.

10
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 2:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-231200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
255 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. IT APPEARS THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A GOTHENBURG TO RED CLOUD TO MANKATO
KANSAS LINE. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE TRI CITIES AREA.

THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME MORE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AS MORNING
CLOUDS GAVE WAY TO INCREASED SUNSHINE. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS
CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. IN
ADDITION...A COLD FRONT THAT WAS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF AINSWORTH
TO NEAR GOTHENBURG AND THEN SOUTH THROUGH MCCOOK SHOULD PUSH SLOWLY
EASTWARD. OTHER BOUNDARIES THAT WERE PRODUCED FROM THUNDERSTORMS LAST
NIGHT AND THIS MORNING WILL ALSO HELP TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. ONE BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED NORTH OF FULLERTON AND ORD...
WHILE ANOTHER WAS JUST WEST OF YORK AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO CONCORDIA
KANSAS. IN ADDITION...WIND SHEAR PARAMETERS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
GENERATING SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION. THE COMBINATION
OF ALL THESE FACTORS POINT TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH SOME
STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

EXTREMELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WITH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE POSSIBLE...AS ARE
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR PARTS OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING.

EWALD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:56 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
856 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0815 PM    SHICKLEY                  NE   .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/03   FILLMORE                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:58 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
858 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0810 PM    7 NW HEBRON               NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03   THAYER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:01 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
901 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 PM    1 S SHICKLEY              NE   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/03   FILLMORE                       POWER LINES DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:02 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
902 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0900 PM    SPALDING                  NE   1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03   GREELEY                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:13 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
913 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0906 PM    7 W FULLERTON             NE   1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03   NANCE                          WALL CLOUD 7 MILES WEST
                                          OF FULLERTON.
Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:15 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
915 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0906 PM    STRANG                    NE   FLOOD
06/22/03   FILLMORE                       DEEP WATER ON HIGHWAY
                                          THROUGH STANG.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork54 min
Jun 22, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton32 min
Jun 22, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore59 min
Jun 22, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer62 min
Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer6 hr
Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk61 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton44 min
Jun 22, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward57 min
Jun 22, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork59 min
Jun 22, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley53 min
Jun 22, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls63 min
Jun 22, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams42 min
Jun 22, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer64 min
Jun 22, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance55 min
Jun 22, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNance59 min
Jun 22, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton56 min
Jun 22, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley53 min
Jun 22, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer64 min
Jun 22, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls59 min
Jun 22, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls40 min
Jun 22, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMerrick51 min
Jun 22, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork55 min
Jun 22, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton65 min
Jun 22, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley64 min
Jun 22, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls57 min
Jun 22, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer62 min
Jun 22, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore60 min
Jun 22, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls46 min
Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDNuckolls6 hr
Jun 23, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan64 min
Jun 23, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster59 min
Jun 23, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster45 min
Jun 23, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin55 min
Jun 23, 1:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer4 hr
Jun 23, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls54 min
Jun 23, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps61 min
Jun 23, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney63 min
Jun 23, 2:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDWebster6 hr
Jun 23, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams60 min
Jun 23, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps43 min
Jun 23, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo61 min
Jun 23, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams31 min
Jun 23, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley63 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.