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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT for Furnas County, Gosper 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
- Mar 28, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
240
WGUS53 KGID 282125
FFWGID
NEC065-073-290330-
/O.NEW.KGID.FF.W.0001.120328T2125Z-120329T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
425 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL FURNAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...RURAL AREAS NORTH OF ARAPAHOE AND HOLBROOK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...ELK
CREEK...MUDDY CREEK...EAST BRANCH MUDDY CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4042 10004 4047 9984 4026 9984 4025 9996
4026 10005
$$1 follow-up statement
014
WGUS73 KGID 282347
FFSGID
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
647 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
NEC065-073-290330-
/O.CON.KGID.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120329T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-
647 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOSPER AND
NORTH CENTRAL FURNAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
AT 640 PM CDT...RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. AT THIS
POINT...IT APPEARS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL BE MINIMAL.
HOWEVER...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
IN AN AREA CENTERED ABOUT 5 TO 8 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ARAPAHOE
ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE GOSPER COUNTY LINE.
THE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL IMPACT THE MUDDY CREEK AND ELK CREEK
ESPECIALLY. A RIVER GAUGE ON THE MUDDY CREEK NEAR THE COUNTY LINE
NORTHWEST OF ARAPAHOE HAS SHOWN A RISE TO 8 FEET THE PAST 2 HOURS.
THE CREEK LEVEL IS STILL WELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE...BUT THIS STILL
GIVES AN IDEA OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER EXPECTED TO FLOW THROUGH THESE
TWO STREAMS AND HOW QUICKLY THE RISE CAN OCCUR. COUNTY ROADS WILL BE
MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING PROBLEMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...ARAPAHOE... HOLBROOK AND RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
FURNAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST GOSPER COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 4042 10004 4047 9984 4026 9984 4025 9996
4026 10005
$$
MORITZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phelps | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 3:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 63 min |
| Mar 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Gosper | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 30 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.