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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE

June 1, 2005Deuel County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2005, 11:05 PM MDT for Deuel County, Nebraska. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2005, 11:05 PM MDT (05:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2005, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Deuel County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2005-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2005-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLBF 020510
FFWLBF
NEC049-020700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1105 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DEUEL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHAPPELL

* UNTIL 100 AM MDT

* AT 1102 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING...WITH WATER OVER HIGHWAY 30 FIVE MILES WEST OF
  CHAPPELL...FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PASSED OVER DEUEL COUNTY
  EARLIER IN THE EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES LODGEPOLE CREEK.
  PEOPLE LIVING ALONG LODGEPOLE CREEK SHOULD WATCH FOR RISING WATER.

* SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER DEUEL COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. 


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.

LAT...LON 4121 10259 4102 10260 4102 10210 4120 10206

$$

POWER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KLBF 020552
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1251 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2005

NEC049-020700-
DEUEL NE-
1151 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR DEUEL
COUNTY...

AT 1102 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   
FLOODING...WITH WATER OVER HIGHWAY 30 FIVE MILES WEST OF   
CHAPPELL...FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PASSED OVER DEUEL COUNTY   
EARLIER IN THE EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES LODGEPOLE CREEK.   
PEOPLE LIVING ALONG LODGEPOLE CREEK SHOULD WATCH FOR RISING WATER.

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER DEUEL COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING.

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 4121 10259 4102 10260 4102 10210 4120 10206

$$

POWER
000 
WGUS73 KLBF 020700
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
159 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2005

NEC049-020709-
DEUEL NE-
1259 AM MDT THU JUN 2 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DEUEL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 100 AM MDT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR DEUEL COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 1 AM MDT. LIGHT RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR 
ACROSS DEUEL COUNTY. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING 
HAS PASSED. 

LAT...LON 4121 10259 4102 10260 4102 10210 4120 10206

$$

BUTTLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Sheridan35 min
Jun 1, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan26 min
Jun 1, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden59 min
Jun 1, 8:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel35 min
Jun 1, 8:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden31 min
Jun 1, 9:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel43 min
Jun 1, 10:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel59 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.