Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2005, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLBF 200403 FFWLBF NEC183-201000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1100 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 1059 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARTLETT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAY 281 AND OTHER COUNTRY ROADS. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 4174 9871 4175 9830 4207 9831 4200 9858 $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLBF 200605 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1254 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005 NEC183-201000- WHEELER NE- 1254 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR WHEELER COUNTY... AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARTLETT TO 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ERICSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS 281 AND HIGHWAY 70...COUNTY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. JUST PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT...RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES FELL IN BARTLETT. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 281 SOUTH OF BARTLETT JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AS WELL AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF WASHED OUT OR FLOODED COUNTY ROADS SOUTHEAST OF BARTLETT. WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED IN A BASEMENT IN BARTLETT WHERE ELECTRICITY NEEDED TO BE SHUT OFF. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. LAT...LON 4174 9871 4175 9830 4207 9831 4200 9858 $$ KAR
000 WGUS73 KLBF 201007 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 503 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005 NEC183-201013- WHEELER NE- 503 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WHEELER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 AM CDT... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WHEELER COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 AM CDT. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED ACROSS WHEELER COUNTY. HOWEVER A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR WHEELER COUNTY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT. IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. LAT...LON 4174 9871 4175 9830 4207 9831 4200 9858 $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 48 min |
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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.