River Flood Warning 13, NWS Cheyenne, WY

Issued

Jun 25, 2011, 10:15 AM MDT (16:15 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 25, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT

Expired

Jun 25, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Cheyenne, WY

Flood severity

Minor

County Scotts Bluff County, NE

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 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.

Written for the forecast point North Platte River near Minatare (MNTN1).

Action stage

8.5 ft

Minor stage

9.5 ft

Moderate stage

10.5 ft

Major stage

11.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06682000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

639 
WGUS45 KCYS 251615
FLWCYS
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1015 AM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEBRASKA...

  NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR MINATARE...2 MILES SOUTH AFFECTING SCOTTS 
  BLUFF COUNTY

.WATER LEVELS ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER WILL INCREASE TODAY ON THE 
NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT MINATARE 2 MILES SOUTH. THE RIVER IS FORECAST 
TO REACH FLLOD STAGE BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS 
EVENING. DECREASE THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. INTERSTATE 
AND FORT LARAMIE CANALS HAVE BEGAN TO TAKE WATER OUT FOR IRRIGATION 
PURPOSES AND WILL CREATE LOWER WATER LEVELS ON THE NORTH PLATTE AT 
MINATARE 2 MILES SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. 
HOWEVER...RELEASES FROM UPSTREAM RESERVOIRS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 
HIGH WATER LEVELS ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 
THE SNOW MELT AND RUNOFF WILL ALSO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 
WILL THEN FLOW INTO THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER SYSTEM AND ITS RESERVOIRS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOW-LYING AREAS AND SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE FLOODED.  DO NOT WALK...
RIDE BICYCLES...OR DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND.

GRAPHICAL FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP:///WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=CYS  (ALL LOWER CASE)

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY EVENING.

&&

NEC157-260000-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FL.W.0013.110625T1800Z-110626T0000Z/
/MNTN1.1.ER.110625T1800Z.110625T1800Z.110625T1800Z.NR/
1015 AM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR MINATARE...2 MILES SOUTH.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT  600 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE THIS 
  AFTERNOON. 
* IMPACT...AT 7.5 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR
  THE RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD. HOMES ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER WILL 
  HAVE WATER IN THEIR BASEMENTS.
* IMPACT...AT 6.5 FEET...BANKFULL STAGE. HOMES ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE 
  RIVER WILL BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE WATER SEEPAGE INTO THEIR BASEMENTS. 
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.3 FEET 
  ON JUN 15 1999.

$$

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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.