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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Omaha, NE

June 25, 2021Cedar County, Wayne County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2021, 4:40 PM CDT for Cedar County, Wayne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 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 25, 2021, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cedar County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 381 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

421 
WGUS53 KOAX 252140
FFWOAX
NEC027-179-260045-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FF.W.0006.210625T2140Z-210626T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
440 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Cedar County in northeastern Nebraska...
  North Central Wayne County in northeastern Nebraska...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 440 PM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 
  inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 
  inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Carroll and Laurel.

Emergency management indicated parts of 859th Road east of Carroll 
was covered with water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4240 9716 4246 9702 4234 9702 4231 9710
      4224 9711 4228 9724 4235 9725

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

Dergan
1 follow-up statement
093 
WGUS73 KOAX 260040
FFSOAX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
740 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

NEC027-179-260050-
/O.EXP.KOAX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210626T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cedar NE-Wayne NE-
740 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN CEDAR AND NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4240 9716 4246 9702 4234 9702 4231 9710
      4224 9711 4228 9724 4235 9725

$$

CA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPawnee, Richardson21 min
Jun 24, 7:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXRichardson8 hr
Jun 24, 9:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe13 hr
Jun 25, 12:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXRichardson20 hr
Jun 25, 1:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXPawnee, Richardson32 hr
Jun 25, 3:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXRichardson30 hr
Jun 25, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPolk52 min
Jun 25, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXThurston27 min
Jun 25, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone51 min
Jun 25, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone52 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.