Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2008, 5:48 PM CDT for Sherman 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 29, 2008, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2008, 11:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sherman County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 791 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KGID 292248
FFWGID
NEC163-300445-
/O.NEW.KGID.FF.W.0013.080529T2248Z-080530T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
548 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SHERMAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHERMAN
RESERVOIR DAM...LOUP CITY AND ASHTON
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4139 9874 4105 9874 4104 9915 4105 9915
4126 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 180DEG 0KT 4113 9900
$$
HEINLEIN2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KGID 300131
FFSGID
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
830 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
NEC163-300445-
/O.CON.KGID.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080530T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHERMAN NE-
830 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
SHERMAN COUNTY...
AT 826 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
HAVE FALLEN IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHERMAN
RESERVOIR DAM...LOUP CITY AND ASHTON.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4139 9874 4105 9874 4104 9915 4105 9915
4126 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 180DEG 0KT 4113 9900
$$000
WGUS73 KGID 300426
FFSGID
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1126 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
NEC163-300436-
/O.CAN.KGID.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080530T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHERMAN NE-
1126 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SHERMAN COUNTY...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS
DIMINISHED.
LAT...LON 4139 9874 4105 9874 4104 9915 4105 9915
4126 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 180DEG 0KT 4113 9900
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more | 24 hr |
| May 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 52 min |
| May 29, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 31 min |
| May 29, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 5 hr |
| May 29, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 40 min |
| May 29, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 28 min |
| May 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 4 hr |
| May 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 50 min |
| May 29, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 38 min |
| May 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps | 51 min |
| May 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 4 hr |
| May 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 28 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Greeley, Howard, Sherman | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Hall | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 38 min |
| May 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 17 min |
| May 29, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 26 min |
| May 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick | 40 min |
| May 29, 6:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton | 29 min |
| May 29, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 13 min |
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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.