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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Hastings, NE

August 28, 2014Clay County, Nuckolls County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this river flood warning at Aug 28, 2014, 5:04 AM CDT for Clay County, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. It took effect at Aug 28, 2014, 9:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2014, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 28, 2014, 9:54 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 29, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Blue River near Deweese (DWEN1).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06883000, 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 Aug 28, 1:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 1:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 10:20 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1020 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
290330-
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-
1020 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK
AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE
HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OR AREAS OF MINOR RIVER FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
WITH THE THREAT AND AERIAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING
SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRIDAY. THE GREATEST PROBABILITY OF STORMS WILL BE
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRI-CITIES. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS PING PONG
BALLS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. HOWEVER...THIS POSSIBILITY IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN. IF
STORMS DO DEVELOP...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WOULD BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS AND
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES
WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

&&

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

ROSSI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1144 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

KSZ007-NEZ085-086-280530-
JEWELL KS-WEBSTER NE-NUCKOLLS NE-
1144 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SMITH...JEWELL...
WEBSTER AND NUCKOLLS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

AT 1143 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RED CLOUD TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GUIDE ROCK TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ESBON TO NEAR
IONIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUPERIOR...RED CLOUD...MANKATO...NELSON...JEWELL...LAWRENCE...GUIDE
ROCK...BURR OAK...HARDY...ESBON...FORMOSO...IONIA...COWLES...
WEBBER...NORA...ROSEMONT...BOSTWICK...MONTROSE...INAVALE AND LOVEWELL
STATE PARK.

LAT...LON 4000 9793 3973 9793 3957 9822 3957 9840
      3971 9841 3995 9849 3996 9851 4000 9850
      4000 9858 4008 9871 4035 9841 4035 9804
      4031 9797 4007 9789 4000 9789
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 227DEG 27KT 4008 9857 4000 9843 3976 9834 3959
9834

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Local storm report, Aug 28, 12:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 12:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 28, 1:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 2:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 28, 3:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 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
Aug 27, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	43 min
Aug 27, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	46 min
Aug 28, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	47 min
Aug 28, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore	50 min
Aug 28, 6:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Nuckolls, Webster, York	6 hr
Aug 28, 12:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Fillmore, York	30 hr
Aug 27, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	34 min
Aug 27, 10:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Phillips, Rooks	3 hr
Aug 27, 10:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	31 hr
Aug 27, 11:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Phillips	29 hr
Aug 28, 12:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	12 hr
Aug 28, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	41 min
Aug 28, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.