Heavy rainfall caused the Frenchman creek in Hayes county and the Elkhorn river in Holt county to flood on June 22nd, 2011.
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Heavy rainfall caused the Frenchman creek in Hayes county and the Elkhorn river in Holt county to flood on June 22nd, 2011.
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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:46 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 346 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011 .DISCUSSION... VERTICALLY STACKED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE IT/S SLOW TREK OFF TO THE EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA TODAY...AND BY EARLY THIS EVENING IT SHOULD BE CENTERED IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WHERE NAM MODEL 500 METER WINDS ARE FORECASTED TO BE AROUND 28 KTS. COULD BRIEFLY TOUCH LOW END WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND ONEILL MID TO LATE MORNING...BUT NOT EXPECTING IT TO LAST LONG WITH WINDS DIMINISHING BY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER COORDINATION WITH THE HASTINGS AND OMAHA OFFICES...HAVE SIDED TOWARD NO WIND HEADLINES DUE TO THE FACTORS MENTIONED. KEPT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS HOLT AND BOYD COUNTIES THIS MORNING AS A LOBE OF ENERGY WRAPS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...BUT THAT WILL HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWER CHANCES DWINDLING. CLOUDS WILL BE ANOTHER STORY...AS A STRATOCUMULUS DECK HANGS TOUGH INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE COLD AIR ALOFT. FURTHER SOUTHWEST HOWEVER...WARMER TEMPS ALOFT WILL EQUAL LESS CLOUD COVER FROM THE PANHANDLE THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. HERE...TEMPS WILL BE QUITE WARM COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH HIGHS AROUND 80. FURTHER NORTHEAST WITH MORE CLOUDS...LOWER TO MID 70S SHOULD BE THE RULE. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPS WILL BE QUITE COOL AS WELL...WITH LOWER 50S LIKELY MOST SPOTS UNDER THE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WIND CONDITIONS. WOULDN/T BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW READINGS SLIP INTO THE UPPER 40S IN THE TYPICAL COLD SPOTS LIKE RIVER VALLEYS. THURSDAY SHOULD BE A NICE DAY...AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM /HIGHS 75 TO 85 DEGREES/ AND WIND SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST. THESE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL START TO DRAW GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE NORTH INTO THE AREA...AND AS A LLJ DEVELOPS THURSDAY NIGHT WAA RAMPS UP AND CONDITIONS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE ALOFT. THE STAGE APPEARS SET FOR AT LEAST SOME ISOLATED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...AND HAVE ADDED TO THE FORECAST ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE TO INCREASE FRIDAY...AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THE RESULT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. MOIST EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS BENEATH MODERATELY STRONG WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW WILL ALLOW SOME OF THE STORMS TO ROTATE AND BECOME SEVERE. WILL ALSO WATCH THE POTENTIAL FOR MCS DEVELOPMENT AND HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY NIGHT...AND HAVE BUMPED POPS UP A LITTLE. MUCH OF THE SAME CONTINUES FOR THE WEEKEND...AS A WARM FRONT ANCHORS ITSELF JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. THIS WILL KEEP THE AREA IN A SOUTHEAST MOIST AND UNSTABLE SURFACE FLOW. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LOOK DECENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...AND HAVE RAISED POPS SOME. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE RATHER WARM AND HUMID...WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE 60S. DIFFERENCES BEGIN TO SHOW UP NEXT WEEK BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF. THE ECMWF IS CONSISTENTLY BUILDING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE NORTH INTO NEBRASKA...WHILE THE GFS KEEPS THIS FEATURE MORE TO THE SOUTHEAST. IF THE ECMWF VERIFIES...THEN IT WILL TURN DOWN RIGHT HOT AND DRY. THE GFS WOULD BE A WARM AND PERHAPS WETTER SCENARIO...AS WE WOULD REMAIN IN THE RING OF FIRE. FOR NOW WILL KEEP IT DRY AND FAIRLY WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PUSH FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE FILLS IN BEHIND. STILL HAVE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WILL SEE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER SUNSET. STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL RESULT IN A BKN CU FIELD DURING AFTERNOON...HOWEVER SHOULD BE AROUND 6K TO 7K FT AGL. && .HYDROLOGY... RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS RIVERS TO RISE...SOME SIGNIFICANTLY. THE FRENCHMAN CREEK AT PALISADE IS CRESTING EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND THE RECORD LEVEL OF 8.8 FEET. THE WATER IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE QUICKLY...FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SOUTH PLATTE...NORTH PLATTE...AND PLATTE RIVERS ARE SEEING ONLY SLIGHT RISES DUE TO THE RAINFALL. THE NORTH PLATTE AND PLATTE RIVERS CONTINUES TO BE WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...DUE TO THE RELEASES FROM RESERVOIRS IN WYOMING AND LAKE MCCONAUGHY. A FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THE ELKHORN RIVER...IN HOLT COUNTY...AS THE GAGE NEAR ATKINSON IS ON THE RISE. FORECAST IS FOR A CONTINUED RISE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...CRESTING AT MINOR FLOOD LEVELS. WILL MONITOR FOR THE EFFECTS ON DOWNSTREAM GAGES THROUGH THE WEEK. ALSO WILL NEED TO WATCH IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AS ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNS TO THE AREA. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE WILL BE LOW AS GROUND IS SATURATED. HPC HAS ALREADY OUTLOOKED PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN THE DAY 3 OUTLOOK. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DISCUSSION...TAYLOR AVIATION...MASEK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 511 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-231015- 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- 511 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011 /411 AM MDT WED JUN 22 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LED TO INCREASED FLOWS ON SOME RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AND PLATTE RIVER HAVE SEEN SLIGHT RISES TO ONGOING FLOODING. THE FRENCHMAN CREEK AT PALISADE WILL CREST AT RECORD LEVELS THIS MORNING. THE ELKHORN RIVER IN CENTRAL HOLT COUNTY IS RISING TO MINOR FLOOD STAGE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR FRIDAY...WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER DAMAGING WINDS AND A TORNADO OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE MASEK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hayes county emergency manager reported that county roads 359A and 727 have water running across them due to flooding from the Frenchman creek.
The rodeo grounds on the south edge of Atkinson has water backed up into it due to flooding from the Elkhorn river.
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