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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2025, 5:35 PM MDT for Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 5 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
- Sep 16, 2025, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2025, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 318 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
- 1220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
393
WGUS53 KLBF 162335
FFWLBF
NEC029-085-170500-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FF.W.0013.250916T2335Z-250917T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
535 PM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Chase County in southwestern Nebraska...
Southern Hayes County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 1100 PM MDT /midnight CDT/.
* At 535 PM MDT /635 PM CDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3
inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 2
inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Imperial, Wauneta, Enders, Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area,
Hamlet, Area A Campground, Center Dam Campground and Church Grove
Campground.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 4055 10158 4052 10134 4044 10080 4036 10079
4035 10127 4035 10128 4035 10132 4035 10134
4035 10145 4035 10183
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
Jacobs2 follow-up statements
484
WGUS73 KLBF 170112
FFSLBF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
712 PM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025
NEC029-085-170500-
/O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250917T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chase NE-Hayes NE-
712 PM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025 /812 PM CDT Tue Sep 16 2025/
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT /MIDNIGHT
CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHASE AND SOUTHERN HAYES
COUNTIES...
At 712 PM MDT /812 PM CDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3.5
inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.25
inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Imperial, Wauneta, Enders, Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area,
Hamlet, Area A Campground, Center Dam Campground and Church Grove
Campground.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 4055 10158 4052 10134 4044 10080 4036 10079
4035 10127 4035 10128 4035 10132 4035 10134
4035 10145 4035 10183
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.25 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
Roberg352
WGUS73 KLBF 170452
FFSLBF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1052 PM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025
NEC029-085-170502-
/O.EXP.KLBF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250917T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chase NE-Hayes NE-
1052 PM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025 /1152 PM CDT Tue Sep 16 2025/
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MDT /MIDNIGHT CDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHASE AND SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 4055 10158 4052 10134 4044 10080 4036 10079
4035 10127 4035 10128 4035 10132 4035 10134
4035 10145 4035 10183
$$
RichieThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Grant | 25 min |
| Sep 16, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Arthur | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 1:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 1:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 52 min |
| Sep 16, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 2:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 49 min |
| Sep 16, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 2:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Cherry | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 51 min |
| Sep 16, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, McPherson, Perkins | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 100 min |
| Sep 16, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln, Perkins | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 4:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 28 min |
| Sep 16, 5:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Sep 16, 5:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 111 min |
| Sep 16, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Perkins | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.