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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE

July 8, 2019Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2019, 4:57 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2019, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
6 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), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

771 
WGUS53 KLBF 082157
FFWLBF
NEC041-090400-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0013.190708T2157Z-190709T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
457 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Eastern Custer County in central Nebraska...

* Until 1100 PM CDT Monday.

* At 455 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to 
  begin shortly. Radar estimates 2 to 3 inches of rain has fallen 
  across far eastern Custer county and additional rainfall is 
  likely. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Sargent, Ansley, Mason City, Comstock, Weissert, Westerville, Big
  Oak Canyon, Arcadia Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area,
  Gavin Siding, Divide Hill and Wescott.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 183 between mile markers 82 and 121.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 289 and 307.
 Highway 92 between mile markers 300 and 308.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4173 9922 4118 9921 4118 9948 4174 9949

$$

Buttler
2 follow-up statements
032 
WGUS73 KLBF 090046
FFSLBF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
746 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019

NEC041-090400-
/O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190709T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Custer NE-
746 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...

At 744 PM CDT radar has estimated 2 to 3 inches of rain has fallen 
across far eastern Custer county. Up to an additional inch of 
rainfall is possible through the late evening hours. The threat for 
flash flooding will continue through the late evneing hours. 

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Sargent, Ansley, Mason City, Comstock, Weissert, Westerville, Big Oak
Canyon, Arcadia Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area, Gavin
Siding, Divide Hill and Wescott.

This includes the following highways... 
 Highway 183 between mile markers 82 and 121.
 Highway 2 between mile markers 289 and 307.
 Highway 92 between mile markers 300 and 308.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4173 9922 4118 9921 4118 9948 4174 9949

$$

Buttler
261 
WGUS73 KLBF 090351
FFSLBF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1051 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019

NEC041-090401-
/O.EXP.KLBF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190709T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Custer NE-
1051 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1100 PM CDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4173 9922 4118 9921 4118 9948 4174 9949

$$

Buttler

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 3:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFLincoln114 min
Jul 8, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSherman48 min
Jul 8, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGosper40 min
Jul 8, 5:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFFrontier6 hr
Jul 8, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.