Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 24, 2003, 1:51 AM MDT (07:51 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2003, 3:45 AM MDT

In force

114 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherry County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE

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000 
WGUS53 KLBF 240752
FFWLBF
NEC031-103-240945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
251 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT(345 AM MDT)

* AT 246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTH OF SPARKS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF
  VALENTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CROOKSTON...VALENTINE...AND
  SPARKS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY 
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTH PLATTE.

LAT...LON 4297 10080 4246 10081 4248 10023 4286 10022
          4276 9975 4299 9975

$$
DDB

000 
WSUS73 KLBF 240901
FFSLBF
NEC031-103-240945-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
358 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

..A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN KEYA PAHA AND 
NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT (345 AM MDT)...

* AT 353 AM CDT(253 AM MDT)...MOST OF THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY 
  RAIN MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING IS 
  STILL POSSIBLE ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND NARROW TRIBUTARIES ALONG THE 
  NIOBRARA RIVER.  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS 
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$
DDB

000 
WSUS73 KLBF 240947
FFSLBF
NEC031-103-241015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
443 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

..THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY AND WESTERN KEYA
PAHA COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 438 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR...AS WELL AS 
REPORTS FROM NORTHEASTERN CHERRY AND WESTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTIES...INDICATED 
THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD 
THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE 
THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

CLB

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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.