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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Hastings, NE

May 31, 2015Hall County, Hamilton County, Merrick County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2015, 9:56 AM CDT for Hall County, Hamilton County, Merrick County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 31, 2015, 9:54 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2015, 9:56 AM CDT (14:56 UTC)
In effect from
May 31, 2015, 9:54 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 9, 2015, 10:22 AM CDT
In force
9 days
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Merrick County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 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 Platte River near Grand Island (GRIN1).

Action stage
5.5 ft
Minor stage
6.5 ft
Moderate stage
7 ft
Major stage
7.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06770500, 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 warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 31, 5:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 5:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 9:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDHall, Hamilton, Merrick60 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.