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Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Hastings, NE

July 7, 2008Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 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: Jul 7, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2008, 11:26 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Jewell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 Jul 7, 6:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 6:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
419 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
081200-
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-
419 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING...MOSTLY
ALONG A FRONT THROUGH FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM YORK THROUGH BEAVER CITY. IN THIS AREA
THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS THE PRIMARY THREAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. INTO THIS
EVENING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM INTO A LINE AND WIND GUSTS TO
70 MPH WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY THREAT.

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM YORK
TO BEAVER CITY WILL BE ISOLATED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
QUICKLY WITH HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA ON TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING MAINLY SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM YORK TO BEAVER CITY.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
500 PM CDT MON JUL 07 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0458 PM     HAIL             SUPERIOR                40.02N 98.07W
07/07/2008  E1.00 INCH       NUCKOLLS           NE   BROADCAST MEDIA

0458 PM     TSTM WND GST     SUPERIOR                40.02N 98.07W
07/07/2008  E60 MPH          NUCKOLLS           NE   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JCB

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
516 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

NEZ087-072245-
THAYER-
516 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR...

  SOUTHERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DESHLER...OR 36 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...
AND MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHESTER BY 525 PM CDT
  HEBRON BY 530 PM CDT
  HUBBELL BY 540 PM CDT
  GILEAD BY 545 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.

Local storm report, Jul 7, 5:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
529 PM CDT MON JUL 07 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TSTM WND GST     LOVEWELL STATE PARK     39.89N 98.03W
07/07/2008  E60 MPH          JEWELL             KS   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            HIGH WINDS LASTED FROM APPROXIMATELY 510 TO 525 PM WITH
            ESTIMATED GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

&&

ODER

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:47 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
547 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

KSZ007-072315-
JEWELL-
547 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR...

  NORTHERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BURR OAK...OR 28 MILES NORTH OF BELOIT...AND
MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTROSE BY 600 PM CDT
  LOVEWELL STATE PARK BY 605 PM CDT
  FORMOSO BY 610 PM CDT

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

Local storm report, Jul 7, 5:55 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 6:08 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	24 min
Jul 7, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Webster	49 min
Jul 7, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	32 min
Jul 7, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Nuckolls, Webster	46 min
Jul 7, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	41 min
Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	33 min
Jul 7, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	39 min
Jul 7, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks, Smith	47 min
Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Rooks	6 hr
Jul 7, 5:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks, Smith	6 hr
Jul 7, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Jewell	4 hr
Jul 7, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	39 min
Jul 7, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	14 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2008 Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.