An ice jam that briefly formed upstream of North Bend caused flooding along the Platte River around the McGinn Lake area several miles west of North Bend.
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An ice jam that briefly formed upstream of North Bend caused flooding along the Platte River around the McGinn Lake area several miles west of North Bend.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 4, 2:51 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 251 AM CST WED MAR 4 2009 .DISCUSSION... LITTLE CHANGE SEEN WITH LARGE SCALE FLOW LAST 24HRS...LARGE CLOSE UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS SITUATED OFF THE WEST COAST WITH SLOW PROGRESSING UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. MEANWHILE EMBEDDED IMPULSES WERE MOVING PASSING THRU BROAD NRN STREAM UPPER TROF IN WESTERN CANADA. AT THE SFC ELONGATED HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE NRN PLAINS SWD WITH A THERMAL BNDRY FROM WRN ND TO ABOUT WRN MO. WARM UP REMAINS ON TRACK TODAY AND THURSDAY FOR THE REGION WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT RESULTING. EXPECT ADDED LLVL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FOG OVER THE CWA WELL INTO THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE ACTIVE WEATHER PROBABLE HEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND AS THE NEXT DISTURBANCE MOVES THRU. LEE-SIDE SFC LOW DEVELOPS LATE FRIDAY INVOF ERN CO IN RESPONSE TO PHASING UPPER TROF APPROACHING THE PLAINS. POSSIBLE SERIES OF DISTURBANCES EJECTING INTO THE REGION COUPLED WITH INCREASING MOIST ADV/UPGLIDE MAY KICK OFF SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY FRIDAY EVENING IN THE WAA SECTOR AHEAD OF THE EWD MOVING SFC LOW. AFT 06Z FRIDAY NRN STREAM ENERGY MIGRATING ALONG THE U.S./CAN BORDER WILL HELP PUSH A COLD AIRMASS INTO THE PLAINS LEADING TO POTENTIAL RA/SN MIX OVER THE NRN CWA. APPEARS SRN CWA WILL BE WARM ENOUGH TO SUPPORT RAIN WITH POSSIBLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER PER NAM/GFS TPI PROGS BTW 06Z-12Z SAT. DEEP MOIST/STOUT LIFT REMAINS IN PLACE THRU THE DAY ON SATURDAY THUS WILL CONTINUE RA POPS. && .AVIATION... FOR TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK. SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. MOISTURE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE DUE TO SNOWMELT. EXPECT VARIABLE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS TODAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG AND LOW CLOUDS WILL START TO INCREASE AFTER 00Z. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && DEE/MILLER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 400 AM CST WED MAR 4 2009 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-050000- ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS- FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON- MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE- PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD- SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- 400 AM CST WED MAR 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ENVELOP THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. IT IS POSSIBLE VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS...PARTICULARLY IN WESTERN IOWA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AREAS OF FOG WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OVER AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An ice jam about 3/4 mile in length formed about 1 to 2 miles upstream of North Bend. The ice jam caused flooding along the Platte River in the vicinity of McGinns Lake area. The flooding surrounded several lake homes and flooded a few rooms of at least one home.
An ice jam about 3/4 mile in length formed about 1 to 2 miles upstream of North Bend. The ice jam caused flooding along the Platte River in the vicinity of McGinns Lake area. The flooding affected just mainly agricultural lowlands in Saunders county with any damage minimal.
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