Alert archive / Nebraska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2011, 11:17 PM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2011, 11:17 PM MDT (05:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2011, 2:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 3401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 20.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158 WGUS53 KGLD 060517 FFWGLD NEC057-087-060830- /O.NEW.KGLD.FF.W.0015.110706T0517Z-110706T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1217 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... WESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 330 AM CDT/230 AM MDT/ * AT 1216 AM CDT/1116 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES A LARGE AREA WHERE 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...MAINLY ALONG THE DUNDY HITCHCOCK COUNTY LINE. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MAX...PALISADE AND STRATTON NE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GOODLAND. && LAT...LON 4006 10099 4002 10147 4035 10155 4035 10106 $$ JRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 10:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 11:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 24 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
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.