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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE

August 7, 2015Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2015, 7:39 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr. 8 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
Aug 7, 2015, 7:39 PM MDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2015, 12:45 AM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Aug 7, 7:52 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 2.15 S Champion, NE
Aug 7, 10:00 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 1.69 W Imperial, NEVIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Aug 7, 10:00 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 2Enders, NEVIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Aug 7, 11:45 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 2.713 W Enders, NE
Aug 7, 11:45 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 2.828 W Champion, NE
Aug 7, 11:45 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 3.611 Nnw Enders, NE
Aug 8, 12:45 AM MDTHEAVY RAIN 3.37Champion, NE
Aug 8, 12:45 AM MDTHEAVY RAIN 3.615 Ssw Champion, NE

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2015-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1367 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2015-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

195 
WGUS53 KLBF 080139
FFWLBF
NEC029-080645-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0005.150808T0139Z-150808T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
739 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT
    
* AT 738 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHAMPION...ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...CRETE...CHURCH
  GROVE CAMPGROUND...CENTER DAM CAMPGROUND...ENDERS...IMPERIAL...AREA
  A CAMPGROUND AND WAUNETA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 41.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4054 10205 4052 10138 4036 10138 4035 10205

$$

JACOBS
1 follow-up statement
194 
WGUS73 KLBF 080648
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1248 AM MDT SAT AUG 8 2015

NEC029-080657-
/O.EXP.KLBF.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150808T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHASE NE-
1248 AM MDT SAT AUG 8 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4054 10205 4052 10138 4036 10138 4035 10205

$$

ROBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFDeuel29 min
Aug 7, 6:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFChase26 min
Aug 7, 6:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins24 min
Aug 7, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase30 min
Aug 7, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins33 min
Aug 7, 7:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGrant, McPherson46 min
Aug 7, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase38 min
Aug 7, 7:32 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFChase28 min
Aug 7, 7:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins41 min
Aug 7, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHooker, Thomas52 min
Aug 7, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase47 min
Aug 7, 8:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes49 min
Aug 7, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown40 min
Aug 7, 8:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHayes27 min
Aug 7, 8:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier25 min
Aug 7, 8:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFChase, Hayes5 hr
Aug 7, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry46 min
Aug 7, 9:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFLincoln3 hr
Aug 7, 10:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln46 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.