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Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

June 5, 2008Hall County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this areal flood warning at Jun 5, 2008, 5:56 PM CDT for Hall County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2008, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
54 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hall County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 277 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jun 5, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
259 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

.DISCUSSION...MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE COLD FRONT EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.

AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. AT
THE SURFACE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SURFACE LOW THERE ARE SEVERAL BOUNDARIES
RELATED TO THE LOW AND WITH CONVECTION LAST NIGHT THERE ARE MOST
LIKELY SEVERAL BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM THAT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP INTO A LINE AND MOVE THROUGH WITH
A WIND THREAT POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND PRECIPITATION WILL
COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT.

THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT
ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY
WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BETTER CHANCE WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER
UPPER LOW APPROACHES AND A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS IN THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS. A SERIES OF UPPER WAVES CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE AREA
THROUGH THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1150 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008/

.AVIATION...18Z KGRI TAF. PLENTY OF CONCERNS THIS PERIOD...WITH
THE FOREMOST ONE BEING THE GOOD POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IMPACTING THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TIMING
OF THUNDERSTORM INITIATION IS STILL A BIT UNCLEAR...BUT IT APPEARS
THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD PULL EAST OUT OF THE KGRI AREA BY MID
EVENING. OUTSIDE ANY THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS WILL REMAIN RATHER
BREEZY FROM THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OVER 30 KTS
LIKELY. WINDS WILL LIKELY SLACKEN SOMEWHAT DURING THE EVENING
HOURS BEFORE PICKING BACK UP AGAIN FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SWINGS BY TO THE NORTHEAST.
CEILINGS WILL BEAR WATCHING LATER TONIGHT AFTER PRECIPITATION
ENDS...BUT HAVE KEPT THINGS VFR FOR NOW.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR NEZ039>041-046>049-
     060>064-072>077-082>087.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ049-063-064-
     075>077-084>087.

KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR KSZ005>007-017>019.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ005>007-017>019.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
100 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
061200-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
100 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN
OUTBREAK OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF BASEBALLS...AND SOME TORNADOES ARE LIKELY. THERE IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG...AND LONGER TRACK TORNADOES THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND EVOLVE QUICKLY...
WITH STORM MOTIONS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH OR MORE.

IT APPEARS THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST OF THE
AREA BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AS HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME IS POSSIBLE OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOIL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK
AREA.  SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

FINALLY...A WIND ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS.  SEE
THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER ON
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEED THROUGH THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER...AND THE
NEED FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman39 min
Jun 4, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps51 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Sherman31 min
Jun 4, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall62 min
Jun 4, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork14 min
Jun 4, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick55 min
Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper40 min
Jun 4, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer44 min
Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson39 min
Jun 4, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer4 hr
Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer, Webster60 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer63 min
Jun 4, 9:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Polk, York38 hr
Jun 4, 9:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Nance, Sherman, Valley12 hr
Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps20 hr
Jun 4, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster66 min
Jun 4, 10:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall20 hr
Jun 4, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster47 min
Jun 4, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps40 min
Jun 4, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster3 hr
Jun 4, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer34 min
Jun 4, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFillmore4 hr
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGosper, Phelps20 min
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps35 min
Jun 4, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 5 more62 min
Jun 4, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper46 min
Jun 4, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper, Kearney, Phelps27 min
Jun 4, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps24 min
Jun 4, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDClay3 hr
Jun 4, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Hall, Howard, Sherman50 min
Jun 4, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps46 min
Jun 4, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Phelps and 1 more46 min
Jun 5, 12:05 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps25 min
Jun 5, 12:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDKearney2 hr
Jun 5, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer24 min
Jun 5, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York60 min
Jun 5, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Franklin, Kearney, Nuckolls, Webster46 min
Jun 5, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 3 more48 min
Jun 5, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDAdams107 min
Jun 5, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 6 more43 min
Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer, Webster10 hr
Jun 5, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York34 min
Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDAdams, Kearney18 hr
Jun 5, 2:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDClay, Fillmore32 hr
Jun 5, 3:57 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hamilton, Nuckolls and 4 more15 hr
Jun 5, 9:47 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHoward, Sherman26 hr
Jun 5, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDNance10 hr
Jun 5, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDNance17 hr
Jun 5, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick45 min
Jun 5, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley40 min
Jun 5, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney24 min
Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas43 min
Jun 5, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps38 min
Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley42 min
Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster35 min
Jun 5, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 4 more40 min
Jun 5, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard34 min
Jun 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton and 5 more44 min
Jun 5, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell25 min
Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell16 min
Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks29 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith30 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.