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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Hastings, NE

May 19, 2019Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood watch at May 19, 2019, 1:29 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It took effect at May 20, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2019, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 21, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Flood severity: None

County Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at May 18, 6:50 PM CDT, 18 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:50 PM CDT, 18 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 3:02 PM CDT, 22 hours 27 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
May 18, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	29 min
May 18, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	36 min
May 18, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	32 min

Nearby

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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.