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Flood Watch 4, NWS North Platte, NE

July 22, 20104 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this flood watch at Jul 22, 2010, 3:39 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jul 22, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2010, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 22, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2010, 10:38 PM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Flood severity: None

Counties Boyd County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jul 22, 3:46 AM CDT, 11 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:46 AM CDT, 11 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 11:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 11:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:31 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
331 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LYNCH                   42.83N 98.47W
07/22/2010                   BOYD               NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SEWAGE PLANT IN LYNCH WAS OFFLINE FROM MIDNIGHT CDT
            THROUGH 200 PM CDT JULY 22ND...DUE TO TOO MUCH RAINFALL
            OVERNIGHT. AN AUXILIARY PUMP WAS UTILIZED TO PUMP THE
            EXCESS WATER AND THE SEWAGE PLANT IS BACK IN OPERATION.
            LEVEL OF PONCA CREEK NEAR LYNCH HAS DROPPED IN HALF.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	42 min
Jul 21, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Chase	23 min
Jul 21, 9:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	3 hr
Jul 21, 10:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Holt	4 hr
Jul 22, 12:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	12 hr
Jul 22, 12:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LBF	Holt	6 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.