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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2016, 6:36 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- May 22, 2016, 6:36 PM MDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2016, 12:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:37 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Valentine, NE | OVER A FOOT AND A HALF OF FLOWING WATER REPORTED DOWN SOME STREETS IN VALENTINE. |
| May 22, 8:20 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Valentine, NE | WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF VALENTINE PER EMERGENCY MANAGER. COUNTY CREWS WILL BE DISPATCHED TOMORROW...MONDAY MORNING...TO ASSES FLOODING IN RURAL CHERRY COUNTY. |
| May 22, 11:00 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.87 | Valentine, 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 2431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 18.2
The text
As transmitted.
695
WGUS53 KLBF 230036
FFWLBF
NEC031-230630-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0003.160523T0036Z-160523T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
736 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT/1230 AM MDT/
* AT 735 PM CDT/635 PM MDT/...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...
VALENTINE...CROOKSTON...SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA...SMITH FALLS STATE PARK...SPARKS AND HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE
NIOBRARA RIVER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 216.
HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 141.
HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 222.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED 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 4299 10021 4267 10018 4267 10088 4300 10090
$$
BUTTLER2 follow-up statements
473 WGUS73 KLBF 230321 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1021 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 NEC031-230630- /O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160523T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHERRY NE- 1021 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY... AT 1020 PM CDT/920 PM MDT/...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN VALENTINE. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... VALENTINE...CROOKSTON...SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... SMITH FALLS STATE PARK...SPARKS AND HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 216. HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 141. HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 222. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4299 10021 4267 10018 4267 10088 4300 10090 $$ BUTTLER
521 WGUS73 KLBF 230609 FFSLBF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 109 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 NEC031-230618- /O.CAN.KLBF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160523T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHERRY NE- 109 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 4299 10021 4267 10018 4267 10088 4300 10090 $$ BUTTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| May 22, 6:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 26 min |
| May 22, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 30 min |
| May 22, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 53 min |
| May 22, 6:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 33 min |
| May 22, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 27 min |
| May 22, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| May 22, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 45 min |
| May 22, 7:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 6 hr |
| May 22, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| May 22, 7:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 37 min |
| May 22, 8:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant, Hooker | 51 min |
| May 22, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant, Hooker, Keith, McPherson | 46 min |
| May 22, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Keya Paha | 24 min |
| May 22, 9:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | McPherson, Perkins | 64 min |
| May 22, 10:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine, Logan | 39 min |
| May 22, 11:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Garfield, Loup, Rock | 42 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.