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River Flood Watch 2, NWS North Platte, NE

September 15, 2013Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this river flood watch at Sep 15, 2013, 11:09 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2013, 11:09 AM CDT (16:09 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2013, 11:09 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Platte River at North Platte (NPSN1).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06765500, 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 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 river flood watch went out at Sep 15, 7:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 7:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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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
Sep 15, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LBF	Deuel, Keith	12 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Nebraska, 2013 Every river flood watch in 2013

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.