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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2008, 5:48 PM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2008, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2008, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Holt County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Oneill, NE | WATER REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 281 3 MILES SOUTH OF ONEILL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 791 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLBF 292251 FFWLBF NEC089-300445- /O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0007.080529T2248Z-080530T0445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 548 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ONEILL... * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS. THE HEAVY RAIN IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN FROM LAST NIGHT...WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDWAY... STUART...EMMET AND ATKINSON 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. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. LAT...LON 4275 9920 4273 9835 4225 9835 4216 9919 TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 180DEG 0KT 4243 9884 $$ BUTTLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLBF 300214 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 911 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 NEC089-300445- /O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080530T0445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HOLT NE- 911 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY... EVEN THOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HOLT COUNTY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED SOME COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER AND HIGHWAY 281 3 MILES SOUTH OF ONEILL HAS WATER FLOWING OVER IT. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDWAY... STUART...ONEILL...EMMET AND ATKINSON DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4275 9920 4273 9835 4225 9835 4216 9919 TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 180DEG 0KT 4243 9884 $$ BUTTLER
000 WGUS73 KLBF 300449 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1144 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 NEC089-300454- /O.EXP.KLBF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080530T0445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HOLT NE- 1144 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT FOR HOLT COUNTY... HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOODING...HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER THIS EVENING...HAS LED TO FLOODING ALONG THE ELKHORN RIVER IN HOLT COUNTY. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ELKHORN RIVER THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. LAT...LON 4275 9920 4273 9835 4225 9835 4216 9919 TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 180DEG 0KT 4243 9884 $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 39 min |
| May 29, 1:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 4 hr |
| May 29, 9:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Custer, Frontier, Garfield and 8 more | 18 hr |
| May 29, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 53 hr |
| May 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 43 min |
| May 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 51 min |
| May 29, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier | 6 hr |
| May 29, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 27 min |
| May 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 52 min |
| May 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 56 min |
| May 29, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 49 min |
| May 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 38 min |
| May 29, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 32 min |
| May 29, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 47 min |
| May 29, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Loup, Rock | 38 min |
| May 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 22 min |
| May 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| May 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 40 min |
| May 29, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Loup, Rock | 46 min |
| May 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.