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River Flood Advisory 3, NWS North Platte, NE

May 20, 2015Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this river flood advisory at May 20, 2015, 11:19 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2015, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2015, 10:58 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 20, 6:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 4:29 AM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
429 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-210930-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
429 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 /329 AM MDT WED MAY 20 2015/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE SOUTH PLATTE AND PLATTE RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN NEAR OR
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THURSDAY.

MEASURABLE SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
AND IN THE WESTERN SANDHILLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
FRIDAY...THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS WEEKEND
AND INTO MEMORIAL DAY AS AN ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES. THE GREATER
CHANCES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRY LINE IN COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND A FRONT COMING OUT OF WYOMING AND SOUTH DAKOTA. THE
VERTICAL WIND PROFILE COULD BE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

JRS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 8:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 8:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
757 AM MDT WED MAY 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 AM     SNOW             30 S MERRIMAN           42.49N 101.70W
05/20/2015  E7.0 INCH        CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

            SNOW DEPTH RANGED FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
            REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

MOLDAN

Local storm report, May 20, 9:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
805 AM MDT WED MAY 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0802 AM     SNOW             10 NE OSHKOSH           41.51N 102.21W
05/20/2015  M0.8 INCH        GARDEN             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOAL PRECIPITATION OF 0.84 INCHES

&&

MOLDAN

Local storm report, May 20, 9:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
809 AM MDT WED MAY 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0809 AM     SNOW             MERRIMAN                42.92N 101.70W
05/20/2015  E2.0 INCH        CHERRY             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MOLDAN

Local storm report, May 20, 10:27 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1027 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     SNOW             ARTHUR                  41.57N 101.69W
05/20/2015  M2.0 INCH        ARTHUR             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 0.80 INCHES.

0800 AM     SNOW             1 NE KILGORE            42.95N 100.94W
05/20/2015  M2.0 INCH        CHERRY             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 0.68 INCHES.

0800 AM     SNOW             LISCO                   41.50N 102.62W
05/20/2015  M1.0 INCH        GARDEN             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 0.96 INCHES.

0800 AM     SNOW             MULLEN                  42.04N 101.04W
05/20/2015  M1.0 INCH        HOOKER             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 0.58 INCHES.

&&

MOLDAN

Local storm report, May 20, 10:38 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1038 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1037 AM     SNOW             13 ENE TRYON            41.63N 100.71W
05/20/2015  E2.0 INCH        LOGAN              NE   PUBLIC

            STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 0.71 INCHES.

&&

MOLDAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 2:46 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	LBF	Arthur, Cherry, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Logan and 3 more	17 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.