River Flood Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Dec 12, 2012, 7:32 AM CST (13:32 UTC)

Expired

Dec 12, 2012, 10:36 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

County Lincoln County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 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.

Written for the forecast point North Platte River at North Platte (NPTN1).

Action stage

5.5 ft

Minor stage

6 ft

Moderate stage

6.5 ft

Major stage

7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06693000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

434 
WGUS43 KLBF 121332
FLWLBF
BULLETIN -IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 
732 AM CST WED DEC 12 2012

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

  NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR NORTH PLATTE AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY.
  
.THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT NORTH PLATTE IS AT FLOOD STAGE

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. 

&&

NEC111-131332-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FL.W.0006.121212T1332Z-121213T1800Z/
/NPTN1.1.ER.121212T0245Z.121212T0400Z.121212T1800Z.NR/
732 AM CST WED DEC 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR NORTH PLATTE.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT  6:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 10087 4119 10087 4115 10075 4110 10069 4114 10067

$$

862 
WGUS83 KLBF 121636
FLSLBF
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 
1036 AM CST WED DEC 12 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
NEBRASKA...
  
NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR NORTH PLATTE AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY.
  
.THE ICE JAM THAT CAUSED THE RIVER TO REACH FLOOD STAGE HAS 
BROKEN AND THE RIVER HAS FALLEN BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE. THE 
RIVER STAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL BACK TO NEAR 5.5 FEET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NEC111-121706-
/O.CAN.KLBF.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121213T1800Z/
/NPTN1.1.ER.121212T0245Z.121212T0400Z.121212T1200Z.NR/
1036 AM CST WED DEC 12 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER NEAR NORTH PLATTE.
* AT 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 5.5 FEET BY TOMORROW 
  MORNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 10087 4119 10087 4115 10075 4110 10069 4114 10067

$$

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.