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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS North Platte, NE

July 8, 2011Logan County, McPherson County, Thomas County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2011, 9:44 PM CDT for Logan County, McPherson County, Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 8, 2011, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2011, 9:46 PM CDT
In force
2 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2011-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1154 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 2011-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
10.0

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The text

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

938 
WGUS53 KLBF 090244
FFWLBF
NEC113-117-171-090830-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0012.110709T0244Z-110709T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
944 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING THREE INCHES
  HAVE BEEN INDICATED...AND RAINFALL 2.60 INCHES WAS REPORTED AT THE
  FIRE STATION IN VENANGO IN AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY EXCEED
  TWO INCHES THIS EVENING.


* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER...RINGGOLD AND TARBOZ LAKE.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA. 

&&

LAT...LON 4149 10077 4187 10078 4187 10027 4149 10027

$$

SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
666 
WGUS73 KLBF 090246
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
946 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NEC113-117-171-090301-
/O.CAN.KLBF.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110709T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOGAN NE-MCPHERSON NE-THOMAS NE-
946 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN THOMAS...
NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON AND LOGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE AREA WARNED WAS SENT IN ERROR.

LAT...LON 4149 10077 4187 10078 4187 10027 4149 10027

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFArthur, Garden6 hr
Jul 8, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins49 min
Jul 8, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFChase, Perkins6 hr

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.