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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE

May 22, 2004Fillmore County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2004, 9:11 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
May 22, 2004, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2004, 3:00 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2004-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2882 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 2004-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2882 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.2
Supercell composite
16.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KGID 230213
FFWGID
NEC059-230800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
911 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR GENEVA...OR ABOUT 26
  MILES SOUTH OF YORK.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GENEVA...MILLIGAN...AND STRANG.

FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY EXPECTED IN THE TURKEY CREEK EAST OF GENEVA.

LAT...LON 4039 9780 4038 9739 4069 9741 4065 9779

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KGID 230333
FFSGID
NEC059-230800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1034 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
     SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE

AT 1022 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN 
OVER THE COUNTY.  THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COUNTY WAS HIT THE 
HARDEST WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN. SOME OF THE 
RIVERS WHICH MAY SEE FLOODING OVERNIGHT INCLUDE TURKEY CREEK...THE 
BIG SANDY...AND THE DRY SANDY.

THE FILLMORE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER SUGGESTS NO TRAVEL IN THE 
SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

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

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

LAT...LON 4042 9768 4034 9768 4035 9736 4070 9738
&
$$

NELSON
000 
WGUS73 KGID 230524
FFSGID
NEC059-169-230600-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1223 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FILLMORE AND THAYER COUNTIES IN SOUTH 
CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL HAD 
ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY 
CONTINUE...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 4068 9782 4004 9777 4002 9739 4067 9741
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDWebster43 min
May 22, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, York64 min
May 22, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore17 min
May 22, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer16 min
May 22, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork59 min
May 22, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls58 min
May 22, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDDawson57 min
May 22, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDValley55 min
May 22, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk44 min
May 22, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Phelps58 min
May 22, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton42 min
May 22, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Fillmore67 min
May 22, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman66 min
May 22, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk49 min
May 22, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer61 min
May 22, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork58 min
May 22, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer56 min
May 22, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard53 min
May 22, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo25 min
May 22, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore36 min
May 22, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer53 min
May 22, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore66 min
May 22, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls30 min
May 22, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer49 min
May 22, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer6 hr

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.