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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

May 5, 2007Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 2007, 3:25 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 95 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2007, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1008 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
1008 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLBF 050825
FFWLBF
NEC111-051000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
325 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 323 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MAXWELL TO BRADY TO 8 MILES EAST OF HANSEN
  MEMORIAL RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARNOLD TO 25 MILES EAST OF
  NORTH PLATTE TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LINCOLN COUNTY.

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.

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.

LAT...LON 4136 10071 4090 10063 4071 10065 4073 10025
      4137 10024

$$

JWS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KLBF 050910
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
409 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

NEC111-051000-
LINCOLN NE-
409 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 408 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE 
MANAGEMENT AREA...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRADY
AND MAXWELL

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.

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.

LAT...LON 4136 10071 4090 10063 4071 10065 4073 10025
      4137 10024

$$

JWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd22 min
May 4, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster56 min
May 5, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster28 min
May 5, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler31 min
May 5, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln54 min
May 5, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster34 min
May 5, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Loup46 min
May 5, 12:47 AM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase43 min
May 5, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Wheeler46 min
May 5, 1:08 AM CDTTornado WarningLBFPerkins52 min
May 5, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer48 min
May 5, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup42 min
May 5, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln61 min
May 5, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase27 min
May 5, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler28 min
May 5, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFLincoln95 min
May 5, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer63 min
May 5, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln, Perkins44 min
May 5, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster40 min
May 5, 6:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster3 hr
May 5, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Loup24 min
May 5, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster3 hr
May 5, 9:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Grant56 min
May 5, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry57 min
May 5, 10:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan59 min
May 5, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln58 min
May 5, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster55 min
May 5, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine49 min
May 5, 11:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown67 min
May 5, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan60 min
May 5, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln42 min
May 5, 12:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster51 min
May 5, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown42 min
May 5, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden58 min
May 5, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha30 min
May 5, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas30 min
May 5, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Custer45 min
May 5, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Sheridan64 min
May 5, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan61 min
May 5, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Brown63 min
May 5, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Thomas29 min
May 5, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins53 min
May 5, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFPerkins30 min
May 5, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster34 min
May 5, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry61 min
May 5, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Brown60 min
May 5, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith39 min
May 5, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha46 min
May 5, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer37 min
May 5, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeith18 min
May 5, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha, Rock31 min
May 5, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry59 min
May 5, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKeya Paha26 min
May 5, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Custer, Keya Paha3 hr
May 5, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt, Loup, Rock45 min
May 5, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry28 min
May 5, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer51 min
May 5, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt, Rock46 min
May 5, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd23 min
May 5, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha38 min
May 5, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock24 min
May 5, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown24 min
May 5, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha14 min

Nearby

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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.