Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2012, 8:07 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Jun 14, 2012, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 926 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
157
WGUS53 KGID 150107
FFWGID
NEC001-035-129-181-150700-
/O.NEW.KGID.FF.W.0004.120615T0107Z-120615T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
807 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 801 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. CLAY COUNTY REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS
COUNTY ROADS WERE UNDER WATER...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 74.
STORM SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2
TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...AYR...BLUE
HILL...BOSTWICK...CLAY CENTER...COWLES...DEWEESE...EDGAR...
FAIRFIELD...GLENVIL...GUIDE ROCK...HARVARD...LAWRENCE...NELSON...
NORA...OAK...ONG...ROSEMONT...SARONVILLE AND SUTTON.
CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING
INCLUDE...SCHOOL CREEK...SANDY CREEK...BIG SANDY CREEK...BUFFALO
CREEK...PAWNEE CREEK...DRY CREEK...LIBERTY CREEK...OAK CREEK...AND
THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER.
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 4009 9805 4001 9817 4001 9830 4021 9850
4054 9851 4054 9816 4062 9812 4069 9800
4062 9782 4022 9783
$$
WESELY1 follow-up statement
158
WGUS73 KGID 150338
FFSGID
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1038 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
NEC001-035-129-181-150700-
/O.CON.KGID.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120615T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY NE-NUCKOLLS NE-WEBSTER NE-ADAMS NE-
1038 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS...
EASTERN WEBSTER...NUCKOLLS AND CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 1031 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAINFALL REMAINED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
TONIGHT UNLIKELY TO EXCEED ONE HALF INCH. HOWEVER...EARLIER THURSDAY
EVENING...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. CLAY COUNTY REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS COUNTY
ROADS WERE UNDER WATER...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 74. STORM
SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4
INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD
EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...AYR...BLUE
HILL...BOSTWICK...CLAY
CENTER...COWLES...DEWEESE...EDGAR...FAIRFIELD.. .GLENVIL...GUIDE
ROCK...HARVARD...LAWRENCE...NELSON...NORA...OAK...ONG...
ROSEMONT...SARONVILLE AND SUTTON.
CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING
INCLUDE...SCHOOL CREEK...SANDY CREEK...BIG SANDY CREEK...BUFFALO
CREEK...PAWNEE CREEK...DRY CREEK...LIBERTY CREEK...OAK CREEK...AND
THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4009 9805 4001 9817 4001 9830 4021 9850
4054 9851 4054 9816 4062 9812 4069 9800
4062 9782 4022 9783
$$
PFANNKUCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Furnas | 12 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster, York | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Merrick | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 15 min |
| Jun 15, 1:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 12 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Clay, Nuckolls | 14 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Clay, Nuckolls | 7 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.