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River Flood Advisory 6, NWS North Platte, NE

June 4, 2015Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this river flood advisory at Jun 4, 2015, 2:35 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2015, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 9:54 PM CDT
In force
8 days
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 19:36 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 Jun 4, 12:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:37 AM CDT, 9 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
437 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-050945-
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-
437 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015 /337 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN
AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS GENERALLY WEST
OF A LINE FROM WHITE CLAY TO NORTH PLATTE TO STOCKVILLE.
ELSEWHERE...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE.

ALL STORMS WHICH DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THREAT OF ORGANIZED HEAVY RAINFALL APPEARS LOW
AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL COULD DEVELOP
FRIDAY WEST OF A LINE FROM CODY TO BROKEN BOW.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE ARE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS GENERALLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CHAPPELL TO CHAMBERS. ELSEWHERE...A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER IS UNCERTAIN.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

CDC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1159 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

NEZ059-041745-
LINCOLN NE-
1159 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 1245
PM CDT...

AT 1156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE MALONEY STATE RECREATION
AREA...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MAXWELL...
  BRADY...
  KEITH...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 203.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 75.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

STOPPKOTTE
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1236 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

NEZ038-059-041815-
CUSTER NE-LINCOLN NE-
1236 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHWESTERN
CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 1234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRADY...OR 23 MILES EAST OF NORTH
PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ETNA...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

STOPPKOTTE
Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster46 min
Jun 4, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster52 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Nebraska, 2015Every river flood advisory 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.