Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS North Platte, NE

465 
WGUS53 KLBF 071154
FFWLBF
NEC049-071500-
/O.EXT.KLBF.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-100707T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
554 AM MDT WED JUL 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DEUEL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 900 AM MDT

* AT 548 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 385 NEAR 
CHAPPELL HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WATER ON THE ROAD. LODGEPOLE CREEK 
CONTINUES TO RISE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN RECEIVED LAST NIGHT OVER 
CHEYENNE COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CHAPPELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN LODGEPOLE CREEK FROM LODGEPOLE TO 
CHAPPELL. IF YOU LIVE ALONG LODGEPOLE CREEK BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY 
RISING WATER.

&&

LAT...LON 4105 10262 4116 10262 4121 10261 4120 10233
      4100 10234 4099 10262 4100 10263 4104 10263

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195 
WGUS73 KLBF 071357
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
757 AM MDT WED JUL 7 2010

NEC049-071410-
/O.CAN.KLBF.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-100707T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DEUEL NE-
757 AM MDT WED JUL 7 2010

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN DEUEL
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE 
WARNED AREA WILL REMAIN HIGH WITH MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE ALONG LODGEPOLE CREEK. THEREFORE A SMALL STREAM FLOOD 
ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 2 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DEUEL COUNTY. IF 
FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE.

&&

LAT...LON 4105 10262 4116 10262 4121 10261 4120 10233
      4100 10234 4099 10262 4100 10263 4104 10263

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
344 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY IS POPS. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND
SLOWER MOVING THE H5 TROUGH EAST THROUGH THE PLAINS. THE SLOWER
MOVEMENT WILL PROLONG SHOWERS TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING.

AT 08Z THE RADAR MOSAIC SHOWED RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE SANDHILLS
WITH MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH PLATTE SOUTH TOWARDS
MCCOOK. RAINFALL HAS BEEN ON THE ORDER OF ONE HALF TO THREE
QUARTERS INCH WITH STRONGER STORMS. CURRENTLY THE ONE HOUR PRECIP
GRAPHIC INDICATES OVER AN INCH HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER SOUTHWEST
LINCOLN COUNTY. THE IMPACTS FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DECREASE
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH ANOTHER DISTURBANCE TO MOVE
EAST THROUGH 12Z. OVERALL THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IS
DECREASING AND IS LIMITED OVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA AS THE
COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTHEAST. WILL CARRY FFA WATCH FORWARD
UNTIL DISTURBANCE IS SOUTHEAST AROUND 12Z. EXTENSIVE MOISTURE
LINGERS WITH THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING A MOISTURE PLUME
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE NAM AND RUC TREND TOWARD DRYING
THINGS OUT INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH THE GREATEST INSTABILITY
GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TODAY WITH THE MENTION OF THUNDER
DROPPED EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHWEST. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO
THE 50S ACROSS THE WEST WITH LESS SPREAD AND WELL BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDS SOUTHEAST
AND BRINGS A DRIER AIRMASS ACROSS TONIGHT.

TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH ACROSS
WESTERN NEBRASKA. HAVE SLOWED THE CLEARING AS INCREASING UPSLOPE
FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW MOISTURE WEST. TONIGHT CLOUDS SHOULD
STEADILY CLEAR THE NORTHWEST WITH THE TREND TO EXTEND SOUTH INTO
THURSDAY FOR MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRIER CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY.
BY THE WEEKEND THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS OUT WITH A COLD FRONT TO DROP
SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS WITH THE CHANCE FOR STORMS TO RETURN
SUNDAY NIGHT.

.AVIATION...

TRW WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE KLBF TAF
SITE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH STRATUS BUILDING IN BEHIND THE LINE OF
STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH MVFR CIGS. CIGS WILL LOWER INTO IFR
AROUND 12Z CIGS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH CIGS
RISING INTO MVFR CONDITIONS AFTER 18Z.

SIMILAR CONDITIONS AT KVTN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRW. ATMOSPHERE
OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA STABILIZED AND RAINSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING. CIGS WILL LOWER INTO IFR BY 12Z THEN GRADUALLY
IMPROVE THROUGH THE MORNING INTO MVFR CONDITIONS.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL
NOON MDT TODAY FOR NEZ022-056>058.

&&

SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...KECK
AVIATION...POWER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1007 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-080315-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
1007 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 /907 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE ACROSS
THE FAR SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AS ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS CAN LEAD
TO INCREASED RUNOFF THAT MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DEUEL...GARDEN...KEITH AND
PERKINS COUNTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS AND LOCALLY FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM RETURN TO
THE FORECAST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES ONTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE

KECK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1237 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

NEZ058-059-069-070-070630-
CHASE NE-HAYES NE-LINCOLN NE-PERKINS NE-
1137 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHASE...NORTHWESTERN
HAYES...EASTERN PERKINS AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 1230
AM MDT/130 AM CDT/...

AT 1137 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GRAINTON AROUND 1225 AM MDT.
HIGHWAY 25 MILE MARKER 60 AND WALLACE AROUND 130 AM CDT.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

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