Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2008, 5:36 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2008, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Frontier County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLBF 042238 FFWLBF NEC063-050000- /O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0008.080604T2236Z-080605T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 536 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. HIGHWAY 23 BETWEEN MOOREFIELD AND EUSTIS COULD BE IMPASSABLE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUSTIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA WITH STORM TOTALS AROUND 2 INCHES. 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 4068 10038 4069 9998 4055 9999 4056 10039 TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 180DEG 0KT 4065 10012 $$ CDC
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLBF 042302 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 559 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 NEC063-050000- /O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080605T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FRONTIER NE- 559 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY... AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. HIGHWAY 23 BETWEEN MOOREFIELD AND EUSTIS MAY BE FLOODED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUSTIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 7 PM CDT IN THE WARNED AREA. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4068 10038 4069 9998 4055 9999 4056 10039 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 180DEG 0KT 4065 10011 $$ CDC
000 WGUS73 KLBF 042338 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 637 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 NEC063-050000- /O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080605T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FRONTIER NE- 637 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY... AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUSTIS 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. 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4068 10038 4069 9998 4055 9999 4056 10039 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 180DEG 0KT 4066 10004 $$ CDC
000 WGUS73 KLBF 042356 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 656 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 NEC063-050006- /O.EXP.KLBF.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080605T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FRONTIER NE- 656 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT/600 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA FOR NOW. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WHICH WOULD PROMPT MORE FLOOD WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4068 10038 4069 9998 4055 9999 4056 10039 TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 180DEG 0KT 4066 10004 $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Thomas | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 15 more | 49 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 6:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LBF | Holt | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase | 113 min |
| Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 14 min |
| Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 32 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.