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River Flood Watch 1, NWS North Platte, NE

May 9, 2015Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this river flood watch at May 9, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 16, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 11, 2015, 1:53 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
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 20:04 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 May 9, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 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
May 9, 4:16 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	LBF	Sheridan	7 hr
May 9, 11:43 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	31 hr
May 9, 11:43 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	LBF	Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant	31 hr

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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.