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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2014, 10:49 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 8, 2014, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 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), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
124 WGUS53 KLBF 090349 FFWLBF NEC041-091000- /O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0006.140809T0349Z-140809T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1049 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY * AT 1048 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY. THOUGH RAIN HAS STOPPED FOR NOW...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ANSLEY... BERWYN...MASON CITY AND WESTERVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4145 9922 4106 9923 4106 9973 4138 9953 $$ BUTTLER
2 follow-up statements
062 WGUS73 KLBF 090701 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 201 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 NEC041-091000- /O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140809T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUSTER NE- 201 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM CDT... AT 200 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEAST CUSTER COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE END OF THE RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... ANSLEY...BERWYN...MASON CITY AND WESTERVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4145 9922 4106 9923 4106 9973 4138 9953 $$ SPRINGER
982 WGUS73 KLBF 090959 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 459 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 NEC041-091014- /O.EXP.KLBF.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140809T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUSTER NE- 459 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 500 AM 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 4145 9922 4106 9923 4106 9973 4138 9953 $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan, Loup, Thomas | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Deuel, Garden, Keith, Perkins | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, Thomas | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Logan, Thomas | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 45 min |
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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.