Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2003, 11:43 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. 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, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2003, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jewell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KGID 230445 FFWGID KSC089-231045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1143 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 545 AM CDT * AT 1142 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR OVER LOVEWELL STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA....MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. MORE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ALSO INDICATED NEAR MANKATO. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE... RURAL NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY MANKATO MONTROSE 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 3991 9823 3972 9810 3993 9777 4006 9795 & $$ 9 NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KGID 230613
FFSGID
KSC089-231045-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
112 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY.
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
JEWELL
AT 103 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORMOSO...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CONCORDIA....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURR OAK...OR
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SATELLITE AND RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES HAVE
FALLEN IN EASTERN JEWELL COUNTY...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF
HIGHWAY 14. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL
THROUGH AT LEAST 3 AM.
JEWELL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LOWLAND FLOODING AROUND
LOVEWELL RESERVOIR. EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AROUND THE
CAMPGROUND.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS AND AVOID CAMPING IN
THOSE AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY
TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.
LAT...LON 3997 9846 3958 9847 3959 9796 3999 9795
&
FAY
$$
NNNNWhat 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, 9 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:00 PM CDT, 9 hours 43 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, 8 hours 48 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, 10:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1009 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM GRAND IS NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 HALL ONE INCH HAIL OVER
FONNER VIEW GOLFCOURSE.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0602 PM 1 E GRAND IS NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 HALL REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0615 PM 3 S GILTNER NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 HAMILTON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0628 PM DESHLER NE 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 THAYER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0640 PM 1 W DESHLER NE TORNADO
06/22/03 THAYER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0644 PM 1 W AURORA NE 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 HAMILTON
0654 PM 8 SW DESHLER NE TORNADO
06/22/03 THAYER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0700 PM AURORA NE 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 HAMILTON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0705 PM AURORA NE 4.5 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 HAMILTON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0720 PM DESHLER NE TORNADO
06/22/03 THAYER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0725 PM BRADSHAW NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 YORK
0729 PM DESHLER NE TORNADO
06/22/03 THAYER CONSIDERABLE STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE. TREES DOWN AND
ELECTRICITY OUT. DEBRIS
IN THE AIR. INJURIES
REPORTED.
0800 PM 5 SW BENEDICT NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 YORK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0810 PM 7 NW HEBRON NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 THAYER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0815 PM SHICKLEY NE .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 FILLMORE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0845 PM 1 S SHICKLEY NE 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/03 FILLMORE POWER LINES DOWN.
0900 PM SPALDING NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 GREELEY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0906 PM 7 W FULLERTON NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 NANCE WALL CLOUD 7 MILES WEST
OF FULLERTON.
0906 PM STRANG NE FLOOD
06/22/03 FILLMORE DEEP WATER ON HIGHWAY
THROUGH STANG.Local storm report, Jun 22, 10:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1035 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0955 PM AURORA NE VOLLEYBALL SIZE HAIL
06/22/03 HAMILTON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. HOLES IN
NEIGHBORS ROOF BIG
ENOUGH TO CRAWL THROUGH.Local storm report, Jun 22, 10:47 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1047 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0955 PM HEBRON NE FLOOD
06/22/03 THAYER REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE. FLOODING NORTH
AND WEST OF HEBRON ON
HIGHWAY 81 AND 136.
CARS STALLED IN WATER.Local storm report, Jun 22, 10:52 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1052 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM DESHLER NE FLOOD
06/22/03 THAYER REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE. ROAD FLOODING
WEST OF DESHLER.
1030 PM DESHLER NE TORNADO
06/22/03 THAYER REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE. 2 CONFIRMED
INJURIES WITH EARLIER
STORM WEST OF DESHLER.Local storm report, Jun 22, 10:58 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1058 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM 4 NW LOVEWELL KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 JEWELL REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
14 DEGREE TEMPERATURE
DROP IN 5 MINUTES.Local storm report, Jun 22, 11:01 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1101 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM ONG NE 60+ MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/03 CLAY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
LARGE TREES UPROOTED.
1050 PM EDGAR NE 60+ MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/03 CLAY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
EIGHT INCH BRANCHES
BROKEN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 65 min |
| Jun 23, 1:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 1:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 64 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.