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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE

July 3, 2007Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2007, 11:04 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 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
Jul 3, 2007, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2007, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2007-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3012 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 2007-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLBF 040404
FFWLBF
NEC111-135-040700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1004 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM MDT(200 AM CDT)

* AT 1003 PM MDT(1103 PM CDT)...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM
  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BRANDON TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANSEN MEMORIAL RESERVE STATE
  WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA TO 13 MILES NORTH OF WELLFLEET...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLYOKE TO 7 MILES WEST
  OF CURTIS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 5 MPH.

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

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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 4099 10205 4097 10054 4071 10050 4071 10202

$$

SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KLBF 040533
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1233 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007

NEC111-135-040700-
LINCOLN NE-PERKINS NE-
1133 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT(200 AM
CDT) FOR PERKINS AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 1132 PM MDT(1232 AM CDT)...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
WAS REPORTED.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANT TO 12 MILES NORTH OF HANSEN MEMORIAL
RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANT TO 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH
PLATTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DICKENS
AND WELLFLEET

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4099 10205 4097 10054 4071 10050 4071 10202

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes58 min
Jul 3, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln64 min
Jul 3, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln56 min
Jul 3, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Perkins67 min
Jul 3, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln62 min
Jul 3, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes, Perkins53 min
Jul 3, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln65 min
Jul 3, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins67 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.