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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

March 13, 2019Buffalo County, Sherman County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2019, 7:25 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Sherman County, Nebraska. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2019, 7:25 AM CDT (12:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2019, 9:44 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Sherman County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mud Creek at Sweetwater (SWTN1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16.5 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06783500, 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 Mar 13, 6:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 6:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Greeley	13 hr
Mar 13, 4:33 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Gosper, Greeley and 9 more	17 hr
Mar 13, 4:33 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Hall and 10 more	25 hr
Mar 13, 7:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Howard	119 min
Mar 13, 8:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Buffalo, Sherman	75 min
Mar 13, 8:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Nance	54 hr
Mar 13, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Nance	3 days
Mar 13, 8:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Buffalo	4 days
Mar 13, 8:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard	4 days
Mar 13, 9:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Buffalo	81 min
Mar 13, 9:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Howard	37 hr
Mar 13, 9:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Greeley, Sherman, Valley	53 min
Mar 13, 9:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Dawson	49 min
Mar 13, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls	3 days
Mar 13, 9:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Howard, Merrick, Nance, Polk	38 min
Mar 13, 10:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore	32 min
Mar 13, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Nance	46 hr
Mar 13, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	4 days
Mar 13, 10:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more	54 hr
Mar 13, 10:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Howard	3 days
Mar 13, 10:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Nance	5 hr
Mar 13, 10:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Valley	4 hr
Mar 13, 2:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Buffalo	5 days
Mar 13, 3:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Valley	8 hr
Mar 13, 3:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance	8 hr
Mar 13, 5:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Hall	8 days
Mar 13, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	50 min
Mar 13, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Valley	46 min
Mar 13, 6:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Sherman	62 min
Mar 13, 6:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Howard	5 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.