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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE

August 27, 2015Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2015, 7:46 PM CDT for Custer 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
Aug 27, 2015, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
4 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 00:46 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
Aug 27, 8:10 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.092 Nw Broken Bow, NE2.08 INCHES MEASURED IN JUST ONE HOUR.

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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2015-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 892 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 2015-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
892 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

712 
WGUS53 KLBF 280046
FFWLBF
NEC041-280445-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0007.150828T0046Z-150828T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
746 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
    
* AT 745 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BERWYN...LILLIAN...BROKEN BOW AND ROUND VALLEY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 274 AND 289.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4164 9945 4130 9947 4131 9972 4160 9969

$$

MASEK
1 follow-up statement
826 
WGUS73 KLBF 280231
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
931 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015

NEC041-280241-
/O.CAN.KLBF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150828T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUSTER NE-
931 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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 4164 9945 4130 9947 4131 9972 4160 9969

$$

MASEK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster39 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.