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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Cheyenne, WY

June 25, 2015Banner County, Morrill County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2015, 6:13 PM MDT for Banner County, Morrill County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 25, 2015, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2015, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Banner County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 6:19 PM MDTFLASH FLOODBridgeport, NEPICTURE POSTED ON TWITTER.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 878 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
878 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

284 
WGUS55 KCYS 260013
FFWCYS
NEC007-123-157-260415-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FF.W.0014.150626T0013Z-150626T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
613 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BANNER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
  WEST CENTRAL MORRILL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT
    
* AT 610 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES 
  OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PUMPKIN CREEK AND WILLOW CREEK 
  DRAINAGE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

FLOOD WATERS MAY BE MOVING DOWN PUMPKIN CREEK FROM CENTRAL BANNER 
COUNTY TO WESTERN MORRILL COUNTY NEAR BRIDGEPORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4172 10309 4158 10308 4156 10392 4171 10392

$$

TJT
1 follow-up statement
979 
WGUS75 KCYS 260317
FFSCYS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
917 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015

NEC007-123-157-260325-
/O.CAN.KCYS.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150626T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BANNER NE-MORRILL NE-SCOTTS BLUFF NE-
917 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BANNER...WEST CENTRAL MORRILL
AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 4172 10309 4158 10308 4156 10392 4171 10392

$$

FINCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSScotts Bluff42 min
Jun 25, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementCYSCheyenne38 min
Jun 25, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.