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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

May 2, 2021Hamilton County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2021, 10:12 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2021, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2021, 3:47 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hamilton County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 10:13 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 4.28Aurora, NEWUNDERGROUND STATION KNEAUROR19. STILL RAINING.
May 2, 10:15 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.26Aurora, NEDAVIS WEATHERLINK STATION. STILL RAINING.
May 2, 10:18 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 4.26Aurora, NEWUNDERGROUND STATION KNEAUROR15.
May 2, 11:40 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.57Aurora, NEDAILY TOTAL FROM DAVIS WEATHERLINK STATION. LIGHT RAIN STILL ONGOING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1198 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

239 
WGUS53 KGID 030312
FFWGID
NEC081-030915-
/O.NEW.KGID.FF.W.0002.210503T0312Z-210503T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1012 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Hamilton County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 415 AM CDT Monday.

* At 1012 PM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms and 
  heavy rain resulting in flooding in Aurora. Between 1 and 4 inches 
  of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to 
  begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Aurora, Hampton, Giltner, Phillips and Stockham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 9819 4095 9807 4101 9783 4099 9783
      4070 9783 4070 9828 4086 9828 4090 9824

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

Mangels
1 follow-up statement
910 
WGUS73 KGID 030847
FFSGID

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
347 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

NEC081-030857-
/O.CAN.KGID.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210503T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hamilton NE-
347 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HAMILTON COUNTY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A 
FLOOD WARNING...

LAT...LON 4090 9819 4095 9807 4101 9783 4099 9783
      4070 9783 4070 9828 4086 9828 4090 9824

$$

Heinlein

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Kearney, Phelps25 min
May 2, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Gosper, Kearney, Phelps31 min
May 2, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk25 min
May 2, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps40 min
May 2, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Kearney35 min
May 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk32 min
May 2, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHamilton25 min
May 2, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, York33 min
May 2, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Kearney35 min
May 2, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York33 min
May 2, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Hamilton, Kearney, Phelps, Polk, York44 min
May 2, 8:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDAdams, Kearney100 min
May 2, 8:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDGosper, Kearney, Phelps5 hr
May 2, 8:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPolk, York12 hr
May 2, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York32 min
May 2, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Furnas, Harlan51 min
May 2, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDAdams, Kearney, Phelps6 hr
May 2, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin49 min
May 2, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Webster45 min
May 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Nuckolls, Webster45 min
May 2, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer61 min
May 3, 3:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDAdams, Kearney, Phelps7 hr
May 3, 3:47 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHamilton6 hr
May 3, 4:29 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryGIDDawson, Greeley, Sherman, Valley29 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.