Heavy Rain, Buffalo
- When
- April 24, 9:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Kearney
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -99.080
Heavy Rain in Nebraska, April 24, 2007
Thunderstorms continued to drop heavy rains across the region. an additional one to two and a half inches fell across most of south-central Nebraska during the day of the 24th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $350,000
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Thunderstorms continued to drop heavy rains across the region. After big rains on the 23rd and early morning hours of the 24th...an additional one to two and a half inches fell across most of south-central Nebraska during the day of the 24th. The runoff from these rains continued to keep ditches and low areas full of water. No additional major flooding was noted. Rain totals for the past 4 to 5 days exceeded 7 inches in Holdrege, 6 1/3 in Kearney, close to 5 inches in Wood River, around 4 inches in Minden, Elm Creek and Ravenna. (source: Kearney Hub Newspaper).
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 24, 8:54 AM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 8:54 AM CST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
954 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
.DISCUSSION...UPDATE TO THE FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR MUCH STRONGER
WIND SPEEDS OCCURRING WITH TIGHT SURFACE GRADIENT NORTH OF THE
WARM FRONT ALONG WITH VERY STRONG WIND SPEEDS JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE. ALSO DECREASED CLOUDINESS IN THE WARM SECTOR OVER
ESSENTIALLY THE KANSAS COUNTIES OF THE CWA. INCLUDED KANSAS
COUNTIES FOR JUST THIS EVENING FOR THE WIND ADVISORY AS THE LOW
SLIPS TO THE EAST AND VERY TIGHT SURFACE GRADIENT EXPECTED ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER. ALSO INCREASED DEWPOINTS
SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT ON THE KANSAS SIDE AND DECREASE
TEMPERATURES SOME NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH LOOK
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007/
DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE
CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT WITH HYDROLOGIC
ISSUES LIKELY TODAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY.
WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED A LARGE POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH OVER THE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES WITH AN UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE 4-CORNERS
REGION OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. ACROSS NORTHEAST
COLORADO...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LOW LEVEL WARM
AIR ADVECTION ALONG WITH A DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT HAD LED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. A COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH AN
ONGOING MCS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA HAD GREATLY
DIMINISHED THE TORNADIC THREAT IN THAT AREA WHILE SMALL HAIL AND
FLOODING RAINS CONTINUED TO BE PROBLEMATIC NORTH OF THE
KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER.
FOR TODAY...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS IN THE
NEAR-TERM AND IS MODERATE TO HIGH AS MANY ELEMENTS WILL COME
TOGETHER. MONDAY EVENINGS MODELS WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE
AFOREMENTIONED CLOSED UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL LIFT
NORTHWARD SOMEWHAT AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A
DRYLINE OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL PUSH NORTHEASTWARD TODAY INTO
WESTERN/CENTRAL KANSAS AS A WARM FRONT REMAINS JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND
THE LEFT FRONT QUADRANT OF A 90 KNOT UPPER LEVEL JET NOSES INTO
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SUN REACHING THE GROUND EARLY IN
THE DAY OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY STEEPENING LAPSE
RATES AS SURFACE BASED CAPES APPROACH 1600 J/KG WITH LITTLE IN THE
WAY OF ANY MID LEVEL CAPPING. STRONG MID TO DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL
ALSO BE IN PLACE WITH SIG TOR VALUES INDICATING A MODERATE TO HIGH
CHANCE OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY OVER OUR KANSAS COUNTIES FROM MIDDAY
INTO THE AFTERNOON. LOOKING NORTH...HYDRO ISSUES WILL BE A CONCERN
OVER THE NEBRASKA COUNTIES AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN AT OR
ABOVE 1 INCH AND A RELENTLESS EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW DRIVES
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM PRODUCTION DURING THE SAME TIME THAT THE TORNADO
THREAT LINGERS TO THE SOUTH. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ORIGINALLY ISSUED
DURING THE DAY SHIFT ON MONDAY...AND SCHEDULED TO RUN FROM THIS
MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...STILL LOOKS VERY GOOD.
TONIGHT...THE CLOSED LOW WILL TRANSLATE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS AS A
NORTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPS ALOFT OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THE DRYLINE
DISSIPATES IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS IT PUSHES EASTWARD INTO
EASTERN KANSAS TAKING AVAILABLE CAPE/INSTABILITY AND THE TORNADIC
THREAT WITH IT. HYDRO ISSUES WILL LINGER OVER THE NEBRASKA COUNTIES
AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 0.80 INCH.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE UPPER LOW MOVES FROM SOUTHWEST
KANSAS INTO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WITH THE FLOW WEAKENING BOTH AT
THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. PRECIPITATION WILL BE WINDING DOWN DURING THE
MORNING HOURS AND WILL HAVE MOSTLY ENDED BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PROGRESSES AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS
AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS THE
DEVELOPING RIDGE FINALLY DOMINATES THE LOCAL WEATHER.
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH 4 AM TODAY THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087.
KS...NONE.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NEZ039>041-
046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR NEZ039>041-046>049-
060>064-072>077-082>087.
KS...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR
KSZ005>007-017>019.
&&
HEINLEINHazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 4:01 AM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 501 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-251200- VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 501 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A RISK OF WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALL DAY TODAY AND MUCH OF TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH THE MAIN THREAT EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL. EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO BE NEAR 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO BE NEAR 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) KSZ005>007-017>019-251200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- 501 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH THE MAIN THREAT EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT MAY AT TIMES PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO BE NEAR 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO BE NEAR 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) 19
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:54 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 754 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 NEZ061-073-241330- BUFFALO-PHELPS- 754 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BUFFALO AND PHELPS COUNTIES... AT 751 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLDREGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ODESSA BY 815 AM CDT KEARNEY BY 820 AM CDT RIVERDALE BY 825 AM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. HEINLEIN
Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:02 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
802 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 W FAIRFIELD 40.43N 98.12W
04/24/2007 CLAY NE EMERGENCY MNGR
ABOUT 10 FORTY FOOT TALL CEDAR TREES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
LEWSpecial weather statement, Apr 24, 7:02 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 802 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 NEZ073-074-241330- KEARNEY-PHELPS- 802 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR KEARNEY AND PHELPS COUNTIES... AT 759 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FUNK...OR 8 MILES EAST OF HOLDREGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... AXTELL BY 810 AM CDT MINDEN BY 825 AM CDT HEARTWELL BY 830 AM CDT SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HEINLEIN
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:24 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 824 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 NEZ061-074-241415- BUFFALO-KEARNEY- 824 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN BUFFALO AND NORTHERN KEARNEY COUNTIES... AT 820 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KEARNEY TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINDEN TO AXTELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MINDEN BY 835 AM CDT HEARTWELL BY 855 AM CDT SHELTON BY 910 AM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AWJ
Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:58 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
858 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 AM FLOOD HOLDREGE 40.44N 99.38W
04/24/2007 PHELPS NE COUNTY OFFICIAL
THE FOLLOWING STREETS WERE FLOODED IN
HOLDREGE...7...11...14...AND 18. THE LINCOLN STREET
UNDERPASS WAS ALSO FLOODED. WATER WAS UP TO THE DOORS OF
CARS ON SEVERAL SIDE STREETS IN TOWN. DISPATCH REPORTED
4.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL.
&&
FAYSpecial weather statement, Apr 24, 8:37 AM CST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 937 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 NEZ048-062-063-241515- HALL-HAMILTON-MERRICK- 937 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN HALL...WESTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHERN MERRICK COUNTIES... AT 934 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRAND ISLAND TO DONIPHAN TO HANSEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... PHILLIPS BY 950 AM CDT CHAPMAN BY 1000 AM CDT GILTNER BY 1005 AM CDT MARQUETTE BY 1015 AM CDT THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMALL HAIL WHICH MAY COVER THE GROUND. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. AWJ
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Hall
- When
- April 24, 9:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County, Grand Is
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -98.350
Heavy Rain, Merrick
- When
- April 24, 9:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County, Central City
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -98.000
Heavy Rain, Phelps
- When
- April 24, 9:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County, Holdrege
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -99.370
Heavy Rain, Kearney
- When
- April 24, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearney County, Axtell
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -99.120
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 24, 2007
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 24 to 25, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 24, 2007
- Flooding in Iowa, April 24 to 30, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 24 to 25, 2007
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 24, 2007
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 24, 2007
- Lightning Strikes in Nebraska, April 24, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 24, 2007
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, April 24 to 25, 2007
- Tornadoes and Flood in Colorado, April 24, 2007
- Flood and Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 2007
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, April 2007
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 29018, 29019, 29020, 29021, 29023.