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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

June 16, 20044 counties in Nebraska

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2004-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1003 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 2004-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDDawson6 hr
Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson60 min
Jun 15, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo53 min
Jun 16, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman65 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.