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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2008, 2:10 PM CDT for Webster County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 23, 2008, 5:43 PM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2008, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2008, 5:43 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2008, 9:04 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Webster County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Republican River at Guide Rock (GUIN1). The gauge peaked at 14.13 ft at May 25, 2008, 3:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 12.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06853020, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 23, 11:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 11:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 521 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ060>064-072>077-082>087-241200- ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLAY-DAWSON-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-HALL- HAMILTON-HARLAN-JEWELL-KEARNEY-MITCHELL-NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHELPS- PHILLIPS-ROOKS-SMITH-THAYER-WEBSTER-YORK- 521 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXPECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. A VAST MAJORITY OF THE STORMS THIS MORNING WILL BE NON SEVERE...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BE SEVERE FOR A BRIEF TIME...WITH MAIN HAZARD QUARTER SIZE HAIL LATER TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. THOSE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST...AND BRING THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE REGION. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY AND POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAINFALL. THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON NEBRASKA TO OSBORNE KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) NEZ039>041-046>049-241200- GREELEY-HOWARD-MERRICK-NANCE-POLK-SHERMAN-VALLEY- 521 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH THE MAIN HAZARDS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER 6 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 136 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 NEZ047-048-062-063-075-231900- ADAMS-HALL-HAMILTON-HOWARD-MERRICK- 136 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHWESTERN MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EASTERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND. WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF ALDA TO DONIPHAN TO HANSEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 37 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... DONIPHAN BY 145 PM CDT ST. LIBORY BY 155 PM CDT PHILLIPS BY 200 PM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 306 AND 324. SMALL 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 48 min |
| May 22, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Harlan | 51 min |
| May 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 47 min |
| May 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 44 min |
| May 22, 8:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 2 hr |
| May 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 22, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 29 min |
| May 22, 9:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 3 hr |
| May 22, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Kearney, Phelps and 1 more | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Webster | 52 min |
| May 22, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Kearney and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 22, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Franklin | 4 hr |
| May 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 50 min |
| May 22, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 42 min |
| May 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick, Webster | 45 min |
| May 22, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 22, 11:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Webster | 4 hr |
| May 23, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 37 min |
| May 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 6 hr |
| May 23, 1:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Nuckolls | 67 min |
| May 23, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more | 24 hr |
| May 23, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 25 min |
| May 23, 6:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Webster | 6 hr |
| May 23, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Dawson | 28 hr |
| May 23, 9:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 4 hr |
| May 23, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 46 min |
| May 23, 10:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Buffalo | 4 hr |
| May 23, 12:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Webster | 57 hr |
| May 23, 1:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Adams, Hall, Kearney | 6 hr |
| May 23, 2:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Dawson | 3 days |
| May 23, 3:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo | 4 days |
| May 23, 3:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Clay, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk | 4 hr |
| May 23, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 67 min |
| May 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 23, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Howard, Merrick | 17 min |
| May 23, 5:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Hamilton, Polk, York | 3 hr |
| May 23, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 38 min |
| May 22, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 47 min |
| May 22, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 30 min |
| May 22, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Phillips | 4 hr |
| May 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 29 min |
| May 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 35 min |
| May 22, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 33 min |
| May 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Smith | 4 hr |
| May 22, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 32 min |
| May 22, 11:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Rooks | 4 hr |
| May 22, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 29 min |
| May 23, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 23 min |
| May 23, 12:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 6 hr |
| May 23, 1:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Phillips | 7 hr |
| May 23, 3:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Rooks | 14 hr |
| May 23, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks | 25 min |
| May 23, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 44 min |
| May 23, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 27 min |
| May 23, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 4 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.