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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

May 29, 2013Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2013, 7:23 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2013, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2013, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Custer County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 10:05 PM CDTFLASH FLOODBroken Bow, NEFLOODING REPORTED ON SOME STREET IN BROKEN BOW AND SOME AREA ROADS WITH WATER STILL RISING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2013-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2013-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

163 
WGUS53 KLBF 300023
FFWLBF
NEC041-300330-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0004.130530T0023Z-130530T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 721 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A BRIDGE 
WASHED ON THE CALLAWAY ROAD 4 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW. 
CREEKS IN THE BROKEN BOW AREA COULD RISE AND FLOOD. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 
THIS EVENING. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BROKEN BOW
  AND MERNA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 4141 9954 4122 9965 4128 9989 4152 9976

$$

ROBERG
1 follow-up statement
231 
WGUS73 KLBF 300241
FFSLBF

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

NEC041-300330-
/O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130530T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUSTER NE-
941 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY
UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL 
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES MAY CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IN LOW 
LYING AREAS...INCLUDING ROADS AND CREEKS. 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING A 
BRIDGE WASHED OUT ON THE CALLAWAY ROAD 4 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF 
BROKEN BOW. CREEKS IN THE BROKEN BOW AREA MAY FLOOD. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA THIS EVENING. 


SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...BROKEN BOW AND MERNA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4141 9954 4122 9965 4128 9989 4152 9976

$$

ROBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCuster6 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.