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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2006, 10:06 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2006, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2006, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rooks County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 11:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Stockton, KS | FLOOD WATERS PARTIALLY WASHED OUT A ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 69 minutes after it went out.
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KGID 190315 FFWGID KSC163-190900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1006 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 1000 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN STOCKTON. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODSTON... WEBSTER STATE PARK AND STOCKTON. EXPECT RISES ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SOLOMON RIVER...AS WELL AS ALONG LOST CREEK...BOXELDER CREEK...ELM CREEK...AND MEDICINE CREEK. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS STORMS REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 3913 9959 3914 9906 3956 9906 3955 9960 $$ KB
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KGID 190512 FFSGID FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1211 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 KSC163-190900- ROOKS KS- 1211 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR ROOKS COUNTY... AT 1209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODSTON...WEBSTER STATE PARK AND STOCKTON. CONTINUED RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SOLOMON RIVER...LOST CREEK...BOXELDER CREEK...ELM CREEK...AND MEDICINE CREEK DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ROOKS COUNTY...WHILE 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN STOCKTON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3913 9959 3914 9906 3956 9906 3955 9960 $$ KB
000 WGUS73 KGID 190858 FFSGID FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 358 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 KSC163-190908- ROOKS KS- 358 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM CDT FOR ROOKS COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. LAT...LON 3913 9959 3914 9906 3956 9906 3955 9960 $$ KB
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 Aug 18, 2:21 PM CDT, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:21 PM CDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
221 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006
.SHORT TERM...LOTS AND LOTS OF ISSUES IN THE SHORT TERM...INCLUDING
FLOOD CONCERNS AND POSSIBLY SOME SEVERE WEATHER.
SYNOPSIS OF CURRENT CONDITIONS HAS LEADING EDGE OF SURFACE FRONT
BEGINNING TO SLOW...BUT STILL PREVALENT FROM ORD/ALBION TO NEAR
MCCOOK. THE NORTHERN EDGE IS DRIVEN BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW FROM
NEARBY STORMS. ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS UNSTABLE...BUT
CAPPED. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND MORE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST CWFA HAS
TAKEN HOLD THERE. CAP IS WEAKEST IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. MOISTURE
IS PLENTIFUL...WITH KOAX PART OF A 5C+ RIBBON OF H700 MOISTURE
ON THIS MORNINGS SOUNDING. FINALLY...NOW SEE SOME FRONTAL
DEVELOPMENT IN CUSTER COUNTY...AND MAY HAVE TO INCREASE POPS
SLIGHT NORTHWEST ZONES THIS EVENING.
UNCERTAINTY IS STILL PRETTY HIGH IN THIS FORECAST...DESPITE THE
NEAR TERM IMPLICATIONS. HAVE EXTENDED FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO 12Z
SATURDAY FOR THE WHOLE AREA. FEEL THE NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
COUNTIES HAVE BEST SHOT AT FLOODING PROBLEMS...BUT NEBRASKA
COUNTIES ARE CLOSE. QUICK INCH OF RAIN AND WE HAVE PROBLEMS.
RATHER THAN SPLIT THE WATCH UP...HAVE ELECTED TO EXTEND...
CONVEY SOME UNCERTAINTY...AND CANCEL UNNEEDED AREAS LATER.
HAVE KEPT THE RAIN RISK WELL INTO SATURDAY MORNING SOUTH...
AS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST DEPICTED. EXPECT CLOUDS TO LINGER
FOR A LARGE PART OF THE CWFA ON SATURDAY...WITH SOME AREAS
SEEING SUN ONLY TOWARD EVENING.
.LONG TERM...12Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE
REALLY ONLY REVOLVES AROUND TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST 4-CORNERS AREA WILL INDUCE A DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT OVER THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY
ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RESIDES OVER THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. ON WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH
OVER THE 4-CORNERS AREA WILL SHIFT WESTWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA. BASED ON THIS WESTWARD SHIFT...OUR FLOW ALOFT WILL
BECOME MORE NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY BUT WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON
OVERALL SENSIBLE WEATHER WITH ANOTHER DRY AND WARM DAY ON TAP.
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWESTERLY
AS AN UPPER TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEAST OUT OF NORTH DAKOTA. THIS TROUGH
WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. A SURFACE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH THE TROUGH WILL DRAG THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY
BRINGING A LITTLE BIT OF COLD AIR ADVECTION BUT NO PRECIP.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL ON FRIDAY AS WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE REMAINS ALOFT.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NEZ064-NEZ076-NEZ077-
NEZ085-NEZ086-NEZ087.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR KSZ006-KSZ007-KSZ017-
KSZ018-KSZ019.
&&
05/JARHazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 11:26 AM CDT, 10 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1126 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 KSZ006-007-017>019-NEZ064-076-077-085>087-191200- SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 1126 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A YORK NEBRASKA...TO STOCKTON KANSAS LINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR LATER TODAY ON A MORE WIDESPREAD BASIS...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING IN GENERAL WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD WITH SUCH SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FROM NEAR THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BORDER INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS WELL. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) KSZ005-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>063-072>075-082>084-191200- PHILLIPS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON- BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN- FRANKLIN- 1126 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A YORK NEBRASKA...TO STOCKTON KANSAS LINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT SLIDING SOUTH INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IS LIKELY TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THE MAIN HAZARDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ON A SPORADIC BASIS...AND SOME AREAS COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE EARLY EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 18, 7:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
705 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM HAIL 5 NW EDISON 40.33N 99.84W
08/18/2006 E0.25 INCH FURNAS NE PUBLIC
PEA SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.
&&
WESELYSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 7:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 717 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 KSZ005-006-190100- PHILLIPS-SMITH- 717 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PHILLIPS AND WESTERN SMITH COUNTIES... AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF AGRA TO LOGAN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GLADE BY 730 PM CDT KENSINGTON BY 735 PM CDT KIRWIN BY 745 PM CDT CEDAR BY 755 PM CDT GAYLORD BY 800 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BRYANT
Local storm report, Aug 18, 8:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
810 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0618 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W HOLBROOK 40.30N 100.10W
08/18/2006 FURNAS NE PUBLIC
4 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
&&
WESELYSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 8:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 843 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 KSZ005-017-190230- PHILLIPS-ROOKS- 843 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PHILLIPS AND NORTHERN ROOKS COUNTIES... AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF GLADE TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STOCKTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... AGRA BY 850 PM CDT STOCKTON BY 855 PM CDT KIRWIN BY 910 PM CDT WOODSTON BY 930 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BRYANT
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 903 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 NEZ082-190230- FURNAS- 903 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN FURNAS COUNTY... AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLINGER...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF NORTON... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL FURNAS COUNTY BY 910 PM CDT RURAL SOUTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTY BY 930 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BRYANT
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:11 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 911 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 NEZ083-190245- HARLAN- 911 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WESTERN HARLAN COUNTY... AT 906 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STAMFORD...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ORLEANS BY 945 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BRYANT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.