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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE

May 31, 2024Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT for Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 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
May 31, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2024, 10:06 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2024-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1002 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2024-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
1002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 May 31, 4:00 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 4:00 AM CDT, 1 hour before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 2:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
237 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
011200-
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-
237 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Localized flooding may continue today in areas that recieved heavy
rainfall on Thursday and Thursday night.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms remain possible through today
and tonight. The threat for severe weather is low, but some
storms could still produce small hail, gusty winds, and locally
heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Daily chances for thunderstorms continue Saturday through
Wednesday.

A few strong to marginally severe storms are possible on Saturday,
mainly during the late afternoon into the overnight.

A higher chance for severe thunderstorms arrives Sunday evening
into Sunday night, although details remain somewhat uncertain at
this time.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSherman52 min
May 30, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson50 min
May 30, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson52 min
May 30, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo49 min
May 30, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson47 min
May 30, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson49 min
May 30, 10:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDDawson6 hr
May 31, 1:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley5 hr
May 31, 1:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHoward3 hr
May 31, 3:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDNuckolls, Webster6 hr
May 31, 4:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPhillips54 min
May 31, 6:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDOsborne31 hr
May 31, 10:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPhillips, Rooks27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.