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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2015, 3:32 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports 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 10, 2015, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:06 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | North Platte, NE | STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN NORTH PLATTE ON LEOTA STREET BETWEEN JEFFERS STREET AND WILLOW STREET. STREET FLOODING ALSO REPORTED ON WILLOW STREET BETWEEN LEOTA STREET AND PHILLIP STREET. FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF MCDONALD AND PHILLIP STREETS. |
| Jun 10, 4:11 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 2 W North Platte, NE | RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES WERE 1.32 INCHES AT THE NORTH PLATTE NWS OFFICE AND 0.69 INCHES AT THE ASOS. |
| Jun 10, 4:11 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 2 W North Platte, NE | RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES WERE 1.35 INCHES AT THE NORTH PLATTE NWS OFFICE AND 0.69 INCHES AT THE ASOS. |
| Jun 10, 4:35 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 7 S Brady, NE | THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES. |
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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
987 WGUS53 KLBF 102032 FFWLBF NEC111-110230- /O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0002.150610T2032Z-150611T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 332 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 30 TO 60 MINUTES...WITH AN ADDITONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NORTH PLATTE...BRADY...JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...MAXWELL AND WELLFLEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 4137 10026 4073 10024 4073 10087 4137 10085 $$ BUTTLER
3 follow-up statements
504 WGUS73 KLBF 102313 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 613 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 NEC111-110230- /O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150611T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NE- 613 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 609 PM CDT...SOME STREETS IN NORTH PLATTE REMAIN COVERED WITH WATER AND ARE CLOSED OFF TO TRAFFIC. IN ADDITION...WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW OVER COUNTY ROADWAYS SOUTH OF JEFFREY LAKE IN SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THESE AREAS IN A 30 TO 60 MINUTE TIME SPAN. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...NORTH PLATTE...BRADY...JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...MAXWELL AND WELLFLEET. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF LINCOLN COUNTY BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING AND MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4137 10026 4073 10024 4073 10087 4137 10085 $$ BUTTLER
479 WGUS73 KLBF 110126 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 826 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 NEC111-110230- /O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150611T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NE- 826 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTH PLATTE...BRADY...JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION AREA...MAXWELL AND WELLFLEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 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 4137 10026 4073 10024 4073 10087 4137 10085 $$ BUTTLER
837 WGUS73 KLBF 110226 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 926 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 NEC111-110240- /O.EXP.KLBF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150611T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN NE- 926 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...MINOR STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN NORTH PLATTE AND THE THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4137 10026 4073 10024 4073 10087 4137 10085 $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer, Loup | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Loup | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.