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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE

June 21, 2010Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2010, 2:36 AM CDT for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 4 hr. 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 21, 2010, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2010, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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 00:00Z, 7.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2010-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2252 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 2010-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
11.0

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The text

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

781 
WGUS53 KLBF 210736
FFWLBF
NEC063-111-211130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0013.100621T0736Z-100621T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
236 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRONTIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF TWO INCHES OR     
  MORE HAVE OCCURRED.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CURTIS...DICKENS...EUSTIS...HANSEN MEMORIAL RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE
  MANAGEMENT AREA...MAYWOOD...MEDICINE CREEK RESERVOIR STATE
  RECREATION AREA...MOOREFIELD...RED WILLOW RESERVOIR STATE
  RECREATION AREA...STOCKVILLE...WALLACE AND WELLFLEET.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4034 10077 4070 10077 4070 10124 4084 10124
      4084 10022 4070 10020 4070 9998 4044 9997
      4043 10007 4034 10009 4033 10075

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
201 
WGUS73 KLBF 210932
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
432 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

NEC063-111-211130-
/O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100621T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NE-FRONTIER NE-
432 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRONTIER AND SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...

AT 430 AM CDT...RAINFALL RATES HAD BECOME LIGHT. HOWEVER...RUNOFF IS 
LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING AND FLOODING IS STILL 
A THREAT. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CURTIS...
DICKENS...EUSTIS...HANSEN MEMORIAL RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA...MAYWOOD...MEDICINE CREEK RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...
MOOREFIELD...RED WILLOW RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...
STOCKVILLE...WALLACE AND WELLFLEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR
IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4034 10077 4070 10077 4070 10124 4084 10124
      4084 10022 4070 10020 4070 9998 4044 9997
      4043 10007 4034 10009 4033 10075

$$

SPRINGER
876 
WGUS73 KLBF 211129
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
629 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

NEC063-111-211142-
/O.EXP.KLBF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100621T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN NE-FRONTIER NE-
629 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2010

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FRONTIER AND
SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 AM CDT...

RAIN HAD ENDED OVER THE AREA AND THE THREAT OF SUDDEN FLOODING HAS 
DIMINISHED. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4034 10077 4070 10077 4070 10124 4084 10124
      4084 10022 4070 10020 4070 9998 4044 9997
      4043 10007 4034 10009 4033 10075

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler24 min
Jun 20, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt21 min
Jun 20, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln43 min
Jun 21, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase46 min
Jun 21, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes47 min
Jun 21, 12:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFChase3 hr
Jun 21, 12:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFHayes3 hr
Jun 21, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase47 min
Jun 21, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster51 min
Jun 21, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes48 min
Jun 21, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes, Lincoln47 min
Jun 21, 3:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster4 hr
Jun 21, 3:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFChase, Hayes, Lincoln4 hr
Jun 21, 8:14 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLBFChase, Hayes18 hr
Jun 21, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLBFLincoln5 days

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.