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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2005, 9:21 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 114 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2005, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2005, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Se Hershey, NE | A PRIVATE CITIZEN REPORTED 5 AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN 2 HOURS. HIS CORRAL IS FLOODED WHICH HASNT BEEN FLOODED IN YEARS AND HOLDS A GREAT DEAL OF WATER. HIS YARD IS ALSO FLOODED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLBF 110223 FFWLBF NEC111-110415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 921 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN BETWEEN DICKENS...SUTHERLAND...HERSHEY AND NORTH PLATTE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4138 10124 4078 10121 4078 10080 4137 10079 $$ CDC
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLBF 110316 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1013 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 NEC111-110415- LINCOLN NE- 1013 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE FLOODING BETWEEN DICKENS...SUTHERLAND...HERSHEY AND NORTH PLATTE. 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CENTER OF THE WARNED AREA 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERSHEY. UNPAVED ROADS ARE LIKELY PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY WASHED OUT IN SOME AREAS. USE EXTREME CAUTION TRAVELING THE ROAD COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 4138 10124 4078 10121 4078 10080 4137 10079 $$ CDC
000 WGUS73 KLBF 110426 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1124 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 NEC111-110434- LINCOLN NE- 1124 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1115 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. SOME UNPAVED ROADS MAY BE PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY WASHED OUT. USE EXTREME CAUTION TRAVELING...THE ROAD COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. LAT...LON 4138 10124 4078 10121 4078 10080 4137 10079 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.