Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 12:59 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 16, 2004, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2004, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KGID 160601 FFWGID NEC035-059-129-169-161200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1259 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 1254 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 41 MILES WEST OF HARVARD TO 36 MILES WEST OF DEWEESE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEARNEY TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NELSON AND DEWEESE... FAIRFIELD... CLAY CENTER...NORA AND HARVARD... OAK AND EDGAR... RUSKIN... SARONVILLE AND ONG... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 4067 9823 4006 9822 4005 9736 4067 9736 $$ 10
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KGID 160828 FFSGID NEC035-059-129-169-160900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 326 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLAY...FILLMORE...NUCKOLLS...AND THAYER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED JUST TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE COUNTIES. THE AREA IS STILL UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS. LAT...LON 4069 9821 4003 9824 4002 9737 4068 9739 $$ NELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Dawson | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 65 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.