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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE

May 23, 2008Webster County, Nebraska

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.

actionminormoderate5101505/2305/2405/2505/2605/27
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, May 23, 5:21 AM CDT, 8 hours 49 minutes before
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)

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 10:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 23, 1:36 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan48 min
May 22, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHarlan51 min
May 22, 8:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDDawson3 hr
May 22, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan47 min
May 22, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan44 min
May 22, 8:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFurnas, Gosper2 hr
May 22, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan and 2 more38 min
May 22, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan44 min
May 22, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan29 min
May 22, 9:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFurnas, Harlan3 hr
May 22, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Kearney, Phelps and 1 more44 min
May 22, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Webster52 min
May 22, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Kearney and 1 more49 min
May 22, 10:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFranklin4 hr
May 22, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman, Valley50 min
May 22, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster42 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick, Webster45 min
May 22, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance and 2 more38 min
May 22, 11:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDWebster4 hr
May 23, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster37 min
May 23, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFranklin, Webster6 hr
May 23, 1:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDNuckolls67 min
May 23, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more24 hr
May 23, 6:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps25 min
May 23, 6:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Webster6 hr
May 23, 8:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDDawson, Gosper6 hr
May 23, 9:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDDawson28 hr
May 23, 9:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDBuffalo6 hr
May 23, 9:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFranklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps4 hr
May 23, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster46 min
May 23, 10:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDBuffalo4 hr
May 23, 12:09 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFranklin, Furnas, Harlan, Webster57 hr
May 23, 1:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDAdams, Hall, Kearney6 hr
May 23, 2:24 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDDawson3 days
May 23, 3:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDBuffalo4 days
May 23, 3:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDClay, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk4 hr
May 23, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper67 min
May 23, 3:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDDawson3 hr
May 23, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard, Merrick17 min
May 23, 5:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDHamilton, Polk, York3 hr
May 23, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York38 min
May 22, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks47 min
May 22, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks30 min
May 22, 9:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPhillips4 hr
May 22, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks29 min
May 22, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks35 min
May 22, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips33 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDSmith4 hr
May 22, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips, Smith32 min
May 22, 11:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDRooks4 hr
May 22, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith29 min
May 23, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks, Smith23 min
May 23, 12:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks6 hr
May 23, 1:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDPhillips7 hr
May 23, 3:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDRooks14 hr
May 23, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks25 min
May 23, 5:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith44 min
May 23, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks27 min
May 23, 8:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2008Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.