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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 2007, 10:18 PM MDT for 4 counties in 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2007, 10:18 PM MDT (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2007, 4:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLBF 290421
FFWLBF
NEC029-085-101-135-291015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1018 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYES CENTER...
EASTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
EASTERN PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 415 AM MDT(515 AM CDT)
* AT 1115 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A
THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN WAUNETA AND PALASADE...WITH WATER OVER
HIGHWAY 6.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE STINKING WATER
AND FRENCHMAN CREEKS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.
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 DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND
ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING
WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 4038 10165 4038 10081 4067 10088 4067 10124
4099 10126 4134 10131 4141 10166 4078 10163
$$
BUTTLER1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLBF 290945
FFSLBF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
441 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007
NEC029-085-101-135-290951-
LINCOLN NE-PERKINS NE-HAYES NE-CHASE NE-KEITH NE-
341 AM MDT THU MAR 29 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN
KEITH...EASTERN CHASE...HAYES...AND EASTERN PERKINS
COUNTIES...
THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE
FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE ENDING.
LAT...LON 4038 10165 4038 10081 4067 10088 4067 10124
4099 10126 4134 10131 4141 10166 4078 10163
$$
KARThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 6:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 6:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 8:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 18 min |
| Mar 28, 8:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 49 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.