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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2013Garfield County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT for Garfield 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
May 29, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Garfield County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2013-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-359 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

915 
WGUS53 KLBF 292255
FFWLBF
NEC071-300200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0003.130529T2255Z-130530T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
555 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 555 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     
  FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER   
  OVER THE ROADWAYS TO THE WEST OF BURWELL AND NEAR CALUMUS LAKE. 

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

LAT...LON 4174 9896 4173 9896 4173 9921 4174 9922
      4195 9922 4181 9876 4174 9876

$$

TAYLOR
2 follow-up statements
955 
WGUS73 KLBF 300037
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
737 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

NEC071-300200-
/O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130530T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GARFIELD NE-
737 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL 
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER MAY CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR 
FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...INCLUDING ROADS AND CREEKS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...BURWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS 
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 4174 9896 4173 9896 4173 9921 4174 9922
      4195 9922 4181 9876 4174 9876

$$

ROBERG
324 
WGUS73 KLBF 300156
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
856 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

NEC071-300211-
/O.EXP.KLBF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130530T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GARFIELD NE-
856 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GARFIELD
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4174 9896 4173 9896 4173 9921 4174 9922
      4195 9922 4181 9876 4174 9876

$$

ROBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel52 min
May 28, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry47 min
May 28, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFDeuel, Keith45 min
May 28, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden50 min
May 28, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur51 min
May 28, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Keith, Perkins51 min
May 28, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith, McPherson45 min
May 28, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins47 min
May 28, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln39 min
May 29, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson24 min
May 29, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Logan, McPherson, Thomas43 min
May 29, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln46 min
May 29, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Perkins38 min
May 29, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, Thomas31 min
May 29, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Hooker, Thomas45 min
May 29, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln45 min
May 29, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock40 min
May 29, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln49 min
May 29, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes53 min
May 29, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln49 min
May 29, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes32 min
May 29, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln51 min
May 29, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase35 min
May 29, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster51 min
May 29, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln47 min
May 29, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase45 min
May 29, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster25 min
May 29, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster45 min
May 29, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock39 min
May 29, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster45 min
May 29, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster25 min
May 29, 4:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster3 hr
May 29, 4:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFCuster, Garfield, Loup32 min
May 29, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt41 min
May 29, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield46 min
May 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Wheeler41 min
May 29, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster, Loup3 hr
May 29, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt43 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.