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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS North Platte, NE

May 4, 2020Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this river flood advisory at May 4, 2020, 6:12 AM MDT for Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2020, 6:12 AM MDT (12:12 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2020, 8:56 AM MDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Platte River at Lewellen (LEWN1).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 4, 5:45 AM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 5:45 AM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 4:00 AM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 5:09 AM MDT, 1 hour 3 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 3, 6:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	51 min
May 3, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	31 min
May 3, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith	42 min
May 3, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	29 min
May 3, 8:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	48 min
May 4, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	50 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Nebraska, 2020 Every river flood advisory in 2020

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.