Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 11, 2007, 9:31 PM MDT (03:31 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2007, 1:30 AM MDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Perkins County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KLBF 120332
FFWLBF
NEC135-120730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
931 PM MDT MON JUN 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRANT...

* UNTIL 130 AM MDT

* AT 928 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 
  TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER FAR WESTERN...AND SOUTHEASTERN        
  PERKINS COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN PERKINS 
COUNTY. 

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 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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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

LAT...LON 4077 10198 4075 10128 4098 10127 4097 10198

$$

BUTTLER

000 
WGUS73 KLBF 120525
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1223 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

NEC135-120730-
PERKINS NE-
1123 PM MDT MON JUN 11 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM MDT FOR
PERKINS COUNTY...

AT 1120 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF PERKINS 
COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WERE COMMON 
ACROSS PERKINS COUNTY.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT IN 
PERKINS COUNTY. 

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. 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.

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

LAT...LON 4077 10198 4075 10128 4098 10127 4097 10198

$$

BUTTLER

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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.