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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Hastings, NE

June 21, 2024Dawson County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2024, 9:35 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 7 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
Jun 21, 2024, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Dawson County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2024-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 607 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 2024-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 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 Jun 21, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Slight risk (level 2 of 5) for severe thunderstorms for portions of central Nebraska this evening. Main timeframe is 5pm to midnight.
  • Only low chances for thunderstorms (10-20%) Saturday through Tuesday. Rain/t-storm chances increase again mid to late next week.
  • Heat returns early next week. High temperatures around 100 degrees are expected on Monday, and heat index values may exceed 105 degrees in some spots.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hastings NE
602 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Slight risk (level 2 of 5) for severe thunderstorms for
  portions of central Nebraska this evening. Main timeframe is
  5pm to midnight.

- Only low chances for thunderstorms (10-20%) Saturday through
  Tuesday. Rain/t-storm chances increase again mid to late next
  week.

- Heat returns early next week. High temperatures around 100
  degrees are expected on Monday, and heat index values may
  exceed 105 degrees in some spots.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 318 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

As of 3pm, radar shows a few thunderstorms already developing
over SW Nebraska, moving northeast. The expectation is that this
will continue to develop into a few clusters, impacting areas
north of Highway 6, mainly in the 5pm to midnight timeframe.
Convective parameters are not "off the charts" by any means, but
are at least marginally supportive of some supercell features
(1500 J/kg MLCAPE and around 35kt effective shear). Hail and
wind will be the main threats, but some localized flooding is
also possible. The 18Z HRRR shows some isolated maxima of 3.00"
of rain along the Hwy 92 area, but that is certainly on the
higher end compared to the 12Z HREF.

Northwesterly winds arrive on Saturday as a cold front moves
through the area. There is a low chance for a few showers or
storms to redevelop in our southeastern zones along this front,
but near-term models largely keep this to safely our southeast.

For many areas, tomorrow is expected to be the coolest day
through next week. Upper level riding moves into the area early
next week, allowing temperatures to climb into the 90s on
Sunday, and to near 100 degrees on Monday. There are low chances
for thunderstorms each of these days, but midlevel capping will
keep storms pretty isolated.

A series of upper shortwaves will break down the ridge and bring
us increasing thunderstorm chances from the middle to end of
next week. Temperatures return closer to climatology (upper 80s
and low 90s) for Wednesday/Thursday. Thursday through Friday
appears to be the next best chance for rain for most of the
area.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY/...
Issued at 1240 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

Watching current radar trends along with HRRR output, decided to
shrink the VCTS timing for GRI as HRRR doesn't bring the current
convection near GRI until 03z. There are a few pop-up showers
ahead of the convection that will have to be watched, otherwise
3-7z is best chance to see something. EAR I shrank the backside
by an hour as convection looks to be east of the TAF site by
then.21z HRRR generally keeps the convection north of I-80 this
evening. Southerly winds should taper off this evening and will
pickup and become NW around mid-day tomorrow as a cold front
will move through the area. The models are hinting at a MVFR
ceiling tomorrow morning.

&&

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

&&

DISCUSSION...Mangels
AVIATION...Beda
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 2:32 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
232 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

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232 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop late this
afternoon through this evening, mainly near and north of Highway 6
in central Nebraska. A few of these storms may become severe,
with hail to the size of quarters and wind gusts to 60 MPH. Heavy
rain could also lead to localized flooding. The main timeframe for
severe weather is between 5pm and midnight.

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

There are low chances for thunderstorms Saturday through Tuesday,
Thunderstorm chances then increase Wednesday and Thursday.

Warmer temperatures return next week. Heat index values of 100 to
105 degrees are expected for portions of the area on Monday and
Tuesday.

&&

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

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson48 min
Jun 21, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley, Howard30 min
Jun 21, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley, Howard31 min
Jun 21, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSherman22 min
Jun 21, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson37 min
Jun 21, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward, Nance45 min
Jun 21, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSherman25 min
Jun 21, 8:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDDawson51 min
Jun 21, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo, Howard, Sherman45 min
Jun 21, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick, Nance62 min
Jun 21, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson33 min
Jun 21, 9:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance, Sherman7 hr
Jun 21, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward, Sherman56 min
Jun 21, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk40 min
Jun 21, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson35 min
Jun 21, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick26 min
Jun 21, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance, Polk32 min
Jun 21, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo45 min
Jun 21, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward, Merrick, Polk41 min
Jun 21, 10:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance, Polk53 min
Jun 21, 10:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDBuffalo13 hr
Jun 21, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk24 min
Jun 21, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick, Polk45 min
Jun 21, 11:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance, Polk5 hr
Jun 22, 12:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDGreeley, Howard, Nance, Sherman, Valley6 hr
Jun 22, 12:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDHamilton, Polk11 hr
Jun 22, 4:02 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance, Sherman29 hr
Jun 22, 4:49 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance, Polk72 hr
Jun 22, 5:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman19 hr
Jun 22, 5:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDNance36 hr
Jun 22, 10:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHoward14 hr
Jun 22, 11:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDPolk21 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.