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River Flood Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE

June 20, 2011Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2011, 6:06 PM MDT for Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 21, 2011, 5:04 AM MDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2011, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 21, 2011, 5:04 AM MDT
Expired: Jun 22, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Frenchman Creek at Palisade (PALN1). The gauge peaked at 8.81 ft at Jun 22, 2011, 3:00 AM MDT.

Action stage: 5.5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 8 ft
Major stage: 9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06834000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

846 
WGUS43 KLBF 210006
FLWLBF
BULLETIN -IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 
706 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

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

  FRENCHMAN CREEK NEAR WAUNETA...HAMLET AND PALISADE AFFECTING
  CHASE AND HAYES COUNTIES.
  
.HEAVY RAIN AND RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN FROM LAST NIGHT...HAVE
LED TO HIGH FLOWS ALONG THE FRENCHMAN CREEK DOWN STREAM OF 
ENDERS RESERVOIR. STAGES ALONG THE CREEK WILL RISE OVERNIGHT 
AND ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK TUESDAY MORNING. STAGES ARE EXPECTED
TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER 
COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 
CAR TO CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES 
CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

&&

NEC029-085-220006-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FL.W.0008.110621T1104Z-110622T1800Z/
/PALN1.1.ER.110621T1104Z.110621T1200Z.110621T1800Z.NR/
706 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE FRENCHMAN CREEK NEAR WAUNETA AND PALISADE.
* FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT  6:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 7.2 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. AGRICULTURAL AREAS ALONG 
  FRENCHMAN CREEK FLOOD. 

$$

BUTTLER

1 follow-up statement

423 
WGUS83 KLBF 211441
FLSLBF
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 
941 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
NEBRASKA...

  FRENCHMAN CREEK NEAR PALIDADE AFFECTING HAYES COUNTY.
  
.RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS WILL KEEP HIGH FLOWS ON THE FRENCHMAN CREEK
THROUGH TODAY AS THE CREEK CRESTS NEAR 6.8 FEET THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER 
COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 
CAR TO CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES 
CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

SAFETY MESSAGE...STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO 
NOAA WEATHER RADIO, RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR ONLINE AT 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE.

&&

NEC085-211511-
/O.CAN.KLBF.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110622T1800Z/
/PALN1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NR/
941 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE FRENCHMAN CREEK NEAR PALIDADE.
* AT  8:45 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6.8 FEET THIS 
  AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. AGRICULTURAL AREAS ALONG 
  FRENCHMAN CREEK FLOOD. 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 9:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Boyd, Brown, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	7 hr
Jun 20, 10:23 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	LBF	Custer, Frontier, Lincoln, Logan	3 hr
Jun 21, 2:36 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	LBF	Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 17 more	15 hr
Jun 21, 3:52 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	6 hr
Jun 21, 4:04 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha, Rock	12 hr
Jun 21, 10:23 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Hayes	28 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.