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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Hastings, NE

May 25, 2008Buffalo County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2008, 9:23 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Nebraska. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2008, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2008, 9:04 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Flood severity: Minor

County Buffalo County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mud Creek at Sweetwater (SWTN1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16.5 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06783500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 25, 4:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 4:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
404 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ049-063-064-075>077-083>087-262115-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-POLK-HAMILTON-YORK-
ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
404 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM YORK NEBRASKA TO LAKE HARLAN...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
NIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND AN ISOLATED
TORNADO ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1
TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANY AREAS RECEIVING THE
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY SEE A RAPID RISE IN WATER.

RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. SEE
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE MOST RECENT
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-072>074-082-262115-
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-
404 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

FOR THE AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM YORK TO LAKE HARLAN...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY
OF THESE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS
ALL READY BEING EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE AREA.

RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. SEE
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE MOST RECENT
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

EDDY

In the hours before

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Local storm report, May 25, 6:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 6:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 6:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Furnas	8 hr
May 25, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Osborne	16 hr
May 25, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Osborne	22 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.