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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Hastings, NE

July 4, 2019Gosper County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2019, 11:59 PM CDT for Gosper County, Phelps 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2019, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2019, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Gosper County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2019-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2120 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2019-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 4, 6:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hastings NE
653 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2019

...Aviation Update...

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday)
Issued at 316 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2019

The lower clouds across the area have nearly cleared out. There are
still some cumulus that have formed in the southwest, but mostly
sunny skies are common across much of the area. Temperatures have
quickly made a recovery. Highs still could be a tad lower than
forecast. Have taken a couple of degrees off the high this
afternoon.

There is still at least a little uncertainty for the forecast
tonight. Some models have convection further to the north, others
further south, some earlier and some later. Have settled on keeping
the forecast dry into the evening and most fireworks shows should go
on without trouble. The western part of the area will be the area
with the thunderstorms the closest. The thunderstorms should then
move through the area with the best chances for thunderstorms in the
Nebraska portion of the area tonight.

The problem is then what happens on Friday. Most of the
thunderstorms should move out of the area Friday morning, but the
timing is a little bit of a challenge. Then, there is an upper level
wave that moves into the area Friday afternoon which will cause a
redevelopment of thunderstorms Friday afternoon.

.LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday)
Issued at 316 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2019

The thunderstorms Friday afternoon are expected to continue into
Friday night. The upper level wave will continue to move through the
area and there is a fairly weak front across the area. The
thunderstorms should be mainly to the north of the front. The best
chance should be during the evening and mostly over the Nebraska
portion of the area.

The period Saturday through Thursday will have an upper level ridge
building across the area and to the west. The weekend into early
next week the ridge is fairly weak and there will be several upper
level waves that move across the ridge. There will be on and off
chances for thunderstorms. With some clouds around, the temperatures
will be a little cooler than normal. Toward mid week, the ridge
builds some. The upper level waves moving across the ridge are
weaker and the chances for thunderstorms become more irregular and
lower chances. At the same time, the temperatures start to warm back
up a little, more toward normal.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z KGRI/KEAR TAFS through 00Z Friday)
Issued at 640 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2019

There is relatively high confidence that a line of thunderstorms
will move through central Nebraska late tonight...mainly after
06Z. That said, timing remains a bit tough to pin down...therefore
just continued with VCTS mention for now.

After thunderstorms move out of the area tomorrow morning, we
should have have a dry period before additional storms potentially
redevelop in the late afternoon and evening. The most likely
timeframe is just outside of this TAF period.

 &

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...None.
KS...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...JCB
LONG TERM...JCB
AVIATION...Mangels
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1013 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2019

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051200-
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-
1013 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and
portions of north central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered to widespread thunderstorms are expected to move across
the area tonight. Some storms will likely be severe with wind
gusts around 70 mph, hail to the size of half dollars, and locally
heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Storms will linger into early Friday morning before exiting the
area to the east. Scattered storms may then redevelop Friday
afternoon and evening. Again, some of these could be strong to
severe with large hail, gusty wind, and locally heavy rain.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms remain possible each day
through Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tonight. Please relay reports of
hail or wind damage to the National Weather Service.

&&

More information may be obtained at the following web page:
   https://www.weather.gov/hastings

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 11:29 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper, Phelps50 min
Jul 4, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps16 min
Jul 4, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Kearney, Phelps51 min
Jul 5, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper52 min
Jul 5, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney49 min
Jul 5, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps42 min
Jul 5, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney25 min
Jul 5, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Kearney43 min
Jul 5, 1:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps49 min
Jul 5, 1:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson47 min
Jul 5, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps39 min
Jul 5, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster30 min
Jul 5, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster52 min
Jul 5, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin45 min
Jul 5, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley52 min
Jul 5, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson48 min
Jul 5, 2:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDKearney, Phelps4 hr
Jul 5, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hamilton28 min
Jul 5, 2:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin, Webster50 min
Jul 5, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls51 min
Jul 5, 2:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDAdams, Webster2 hr
Jul 5, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley51 min
Jul 5, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson46 min
Jul 5, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer40 min
Jul 5, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer52 min
Jul 5, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer36 min
Jul 5, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams26 min
Jul 5, 6:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDGosper, Phelps9 hr
Jul 5, 6:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls29 min
Jul 5, 2:41 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps24 hr
Jul 5, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster46 min
Jul 5, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster40 min
Jul 5, 5:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDNuckolls24 hr
Jul 5, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster49 min
Jul 5, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks15 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.