During the second week of September, an upper-level low pressure system formed and became cut off from the mean flow over the Intermountain West. This low slowly migrated from near Las Vegas north to Idaho.
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The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
During the second week of September, an upper-level low pressure system formed and became cut off from the mean flow over the Intermountain West. This low slowly migrated from near Las Vegas north to Idaho. Subtropical high pressure remained stationary over the Southern Plains. This configuration channeled a stream of anomalously high moisture into the Rockies. With surface high pressure essentially stationary over the Northern Plains, several days of easterly upslope flow into the Colorado Rockies resulted in tremendous rainfall and catastrophic flash flooding in and around Boulder, Colorado. The highest amounts occurred on September 11th, 12th and 13th. Widespread multi-day rainfall totals were 7 to as high as 17 inches. In the city of Boulder, all rainfall records were broken for the month of September, for any calendar month and for any year. Northeastern Colorado is the headwaters of the South Platte River. This tremendous volume of water began its journey down the South Platte River, reaching the confluence with the North Platte on Friday, September 20th.
By Saturday the 21st, water reached western Dawson county. River levels rose rapidly and dramatically at Gothenburg and points downstream. Year-to-date precipitation over the North and South Platte River Basins was roughly five inches below normal. So, over much of South Central Nebraska, Platte River levels were below normal. The water reached Cozad Saturday night and in the following 24 hours, the water level increased from one foot to five feet. The peak crest was around 7 ft Tuesday morning the 24th. The story was similar as the water continued to move downstream, reaching Overton and Kearney Monday night and Grand Island Tuesday. In some areas, prior to the arrival of the flood-generated water, the Platte River was down to a narrow trickle a few inches to a couple feet wide. The flood water filled the breadth of the riverbed and its multiple channels, with standing water occurring in some low-lying areas adjacent to the riverbanks.
At all locations along the river, once water levels reached the crest, they were very slow to recede. While the water levels did not remain at the crest long, they took around three days to drop one foot from the crest height. This was partially due to rain that fell over South Central Nebraska. However, this still indicated the significant volume of water generated from the flooding rains far upstream, and it was especially impressive given that it took little more than a single day for the river levels to rise several feet.
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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 23, 4:58 AM CST, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 558 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 454 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2013 OVERNIGHT MAP ANALYSIS INDICATES A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN CONUS...AND ANOTHER MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGING EXISTS OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. MID TO UPPER LEVEL JET ENERGY EXTENDS FROM THE WESTERN CONUS...SOUTHEAST INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...AND THEN NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL CANADA. MID TO UPPER LEVEL JET ENERGY OVER OUR AREA MAXES OUT AT AROUND 75KTS NEAR 200MB PER 00Z SOUNDING DATA FROM KLBF AND KOAX. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE AFOREMENTIONED MID LEVEL SHORTWAVES AND RIDGE OVER THE CONUS. INCREASED VALUES OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE ARE ALSO NOTED EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...NORTH/NORTHEAST INTO THE PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS. SOME OF THIS MID LEVEL MOISTURE IS BEGINNING TO INFILTRATE OUR AREA THUS RESULTING IN HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. AT THE SURFACE A RIDGE OF HIGH BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EXISTS FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...WITH TROUGHING EXTENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD ACROSS OUR AREA REMAINS FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AS A RESULT. GUIDANCE FROM THE NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS...EC...AND SREF-MEAN ALL SUGGEST THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE...CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS IN A NEGATIVE TILT TODAY INTO TONIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...AN AREA OF LOW BAROMETRIC PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG STATE LINE ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN KANSAS BY 18Z...BEFORE MOVING EAST ALONG THE STATE LINE AND EVENTUALLY PUSHING INTO NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI BY 12Z TUESDAY. THE NEGATIVE TILT OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL CERTAINLY HELP TO ENHANCE DPVA ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND WITH PLENTY OF MID LEVEL THERMAL ADVECTION...IT APPEARS RESULTANT OMEGA WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION ACROSS OUR AREA TODAY. WHERE EXACTLY PRECIPITATION WILL BE REALIZED REMAINS SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE HOWEVER...THUS POPS GO NO HIGHER THAN THE "CHANCE" CATEGORY AT THIS TIME. THAT BEING SAID...BASED ON THE FORECAST POSITION AND PATH OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS...CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST THAT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...ROUGHLY HIGHWAY 6 AND POINTS FARTHER NORTH...STAND THE BEST CHANCE AT OBSERVING PRECIPITATION. AS A RESULT...HIGHEST THE POPS FOR TODAY...GENERALLY 30-40%...HAVE BEEN RELEGATED TO OUR NORTH. POPS ALSO CONTINUE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS CONTINUES MAKING PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE MID LEVEL OMEGA...INCREASING LOW LEVEL THERMAL ADVECTION ALONG THE AXIS OF A 30-40KT 850MB JET STREAK MAY HELP PROVIDE A SOMEWHAT BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST AND AS A RESULT...40-50% POPS HAVE BEEN PLACED ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST 00-06Z. SOME LINGERING PRECIPITATION MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST 06-12Z...BUT ANY SUCH ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS QUICKLY DEPARTS OUR AREA TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST. INCREASING MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL CERTAINLY BE NOTED AS THE MID LEVEL COLD POCKET MOVES OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON. THAT BEING SAID...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN LIMITED AS SURFACE DEWPOINTS STRUGGLE INTO THE LOWER 50S. AS A RESULT...POTENTIAL INSTABILITY OF 100 TO PERHAPS 500J/KG ARE ALL THAT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. GIVEN THIS...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION. HOWEVER...THE STRONG LOW TO MID TROPOSPHERIC WIND FIELD...LIKELY AVERAGING BETWEEN 30KTS AND 40KTS BETWEEN 850MB AND 700MB...COULD PROMOTE A THREAT OF SUB-SEVERE WIND GUSTS WITHIN SOME OF THE DEEPER CONVECTION. WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THE MENTION OF SUB-SEVERE WIND GUSTS IN THE HWO AS A RESULT. INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY PRESENT COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY WHEN COMPARED TO SUNDAY. BLENDING SOME OF THE BETTER-PERFORMING GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PAST FEW DAYS SUGGESTS AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 70S WILL BE REALIZED ACROSS MUCH OF OUR AREA TODAY AS A RESULT. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S...DERIVED FROM MUCH OF THE SAME GUIDANCE AS THE HIGHS WERE...ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST ACROSS MUCH OF OUR AREA FOR TONIGHT. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 454 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2013 OVERALL NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST THROUGH THIS 6-DAYS...ALTHOUGH WILL NOTE OFF THE TOP THAT DEWPOINTS AND RESULTANT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WERE LOWERED NOTICEABLY FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND LOW TEMPS WERE KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL DEGREES TUESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE ONLY WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FOCUS BETWEEN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH DID INTRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A SMALL SLIVER OF THE FAR EASTERN CWA ON SATURDAY MORNING AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS. TEMP-WISE...FAIRLY SEASONABLE READINGS WILL PREVAIL...WITH DAILY HIGHS MAINLY BETWEEN THE LOW 70S AND LOW 80S...EXCEPT FOR MORE PREVALENT MID 80S ON THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL GENERALLY FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THE UPPER 40S-LOW 60S IN MOST SPOTS. STARTING OFF WITH THE TUESDAY DAYTIME PERIOD 12Z-00Z/7AM- 7PM...VARIOUS MODELS SUCH AS THE NAM/GFS/ECMWF ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT STARTING THE DAY WITH A DEPARTING MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH CENTERED DIRECTLY OVER THE NEB/IA BORDER...WITH THIS TROUGH AXIS THEN EXTENDING FROM EASTERN IA-SOUTHERN IL BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. IN ITS WAKE...A SHORTWAVE RIDGE AXIS AND ASSOCIATED HEIGHT RISES WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS THE DAY GOES ON. AT THE SURFACE...THE MORNING WILL START WITH THE LOCAL AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF A WEAKENING 1009 MILLIBAR LOW CENTERED IN FAR SOUTHEAST NEB/NORTHEAST KS...WITH NORTHWESTERLY BREEZES ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA. STARTING OUT WITH PRECIP CHANCES...HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE THE MORNING HOURS VOID OF ANY RAIN MENTION AT THIS TIME...BUT IT COULD BE A VERY CLOSE CALL ESPECIALLY IN THE FAR NORTHEAST CWA AROUND NANCE/POLK COUNTY...WITH A FEW MODELS SUCH AS THE ECMWF QPF FIELD AND THE 00Z 4KM WRF-NMM SUGGESTING THAT A FEW SPRINKLES/LIGHT SHOWERS COULD STILL BE FLIRTING WITH THESE AREAS AFTER DAYBREAK IN THE WRAP- AROUND CLOUD SHIELD ON THE BACK EDGE OF THE DEPARTING TROUGH. HOWEVER...OTHER MODELS SUCH AS THE NAM/GFS DOWNPLAY ANY DAYTIME LINGERING RAIN...SO WITH THIS STILL BEING 24+ HOURS OUT OPTED TO STAY THE COURSE FOR NOW...BUT WHILE ADVERTISING SILENT 10 POPS IN SEVERAL NORTHEAST COUNTIES IN THE MORNING. OTHERWISE...THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TUESDAY. HOWEVER...WITH DECENT LOW LEVEL MIXING AND A LINGERING 30+ KT NORTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET EVIDENT AT 850MB DURING THE MORNING...IT WILL BE A BIT BREEZY FROM THE NORTHWEST AT THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL/EAST...AND SPEEDS WERE INCREASED ABOUT 5 MPH FROM PREVIOUS FCST...WITH SUSTAINED VALUES AVERAGING 15-20 MPH/GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH...BUT SPEEDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING FROM WEST-EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WITH NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING AFTERNOON MIXING UP TO AROUND 800MB AND FAIRLY DRY AIR IN THE LOWEST SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET...SEE LITTLE REASON TO BELIEVE WHY DEWPOINTS WON/T DROP WITH TIME...AND IN FACT LOWERED VALUES 5-8 DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS IN MOST AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON...RANGING FROM ONLY UPPER 30S WEST TO UPPER 40S EAST. THIS NOW BRINGS MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DOWN TO AROUND 25 PERCENT IN SEVERAL SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES...BUT FORTUNATELY WIND SPEEDS SHOULD ALSO BE DIMINISHING IN THESE SAME AREAS AT THE SAME TIME...THUS PRECLUDING NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. AS FOR HIGH TEMPS...NUDGED DOWN 1-2 DEGREES PER LATEST GUIDANCE BLEND...AIMING FOR A FAIRLY UNIFORM FIELD FROM MID 70S NORTH TO UPPER 70S SOUTH. TUESDAY NIGHT...LOOKS QUIET AND COOL...AND IN MANY WAYS RESEMBLES LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AS SHORTWAVE RIDGING PREVAILS ALOFT...WHILE AT THE SURFACE A RIDGE AXIS GRADUALLY PASSES EASTWARD THROUGH THE AREA...PROVIDING A PERIOD OF VERY LIGHT/NEAR-CALM BREEZES BEFORE GRADUALLY BECOMING LIGHT SOUTHERLY BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. GIVEN THIS SETUP...AND INCORPORATING TRENDS FROM LATEST MET/MAV GUIDANCE...LOWERED LOWS BY A SOLID 3-5 DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS FCST IN MOST AREAS...NOW CALLING FOR A MUCH GREATER COVERAGE OF MID-UPPER 40S MAINLY IN BOTH WESTERN/FAR EASTERN ZONES...WITH LOW 50S FROM GRAND ISLAND/HASTINGS SOUTHWARD INTO MOST OF KS ZONES. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...HIGH CONFIDENCE CONTINUES IN A DRY FORECAST...ALTHOUGH BOTH OF THESE DAYS ARE SHAPING UP TO BE RATHER BREEZY/WINDY OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. OVER THE COURSE OF THESE TWO DAYS...THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE RIDGING WILL QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY MID/UPPER LEVEL FLOW...AS A BROAD...SLIGHTLY POSITIVELY TILTED LONGWAVE TROUGH SLOWLY LUMBERS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. IN RESPONSE TO THIS SLOWLY APPROACHING ENERGY ALOFT...SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL GET GOING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WERE RAISED A BIT FOR WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY RANGING 20-25 MPH...WITH THURSDAY CURRENTLY CALLING FOR 15-20 MPH ALTHOUGH THIS MAY NOT BE QUITE HIGH ENOUGH YET. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND IS IN STORE...AND MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO HIGH TEMPS...WITH GENERALLY NEAR 80 MOST AREAS ON WED AND MID 80S MOST AREAS ON THURSDAY. THURS NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST...ALTHOUGH OF COURSE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS HIGH IN THE DETAILS AT THIS TIME RANGE. FOR NOW WILL RUN WITH ONLY 20-30 POPS THURS NIGHT-FRI DAYTIME...AND THEN 30-50 POPS ON FRIDAY NIGHT...HIGHEST IN THE SOUTHEAST...AND THEN INTRODUCE A SMALL SLIVER OF 20 POPS SAT MORNING EAST IN THE EXTREME EASTERN NEB ZONES. ON THE LARGE SCALE ALOFT...THE AFOREMENTIONED EXPANSIVE TROUGH AXIS TO THE WEST GRADUALLY LIFTS EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...PLACING THE LOCAL AREA WITHIN THE ENTRANCE REGION OF A 100+KT SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK AND AN ASSOCIATED ZONE OF DEEP MID LEVEL CONVERGENCE ESPECIALLY BY FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN POPS ARE HIGHEST. DESPITE INCREASING DYNAMICS...EARLY INDICATIONS FROM GFS/ECMWF CAPE FIELDS SUGGEST THAN INSTABILITY REMAINS UNDER 500 J/KG GIVEN FAIRLY SCANT MOISTURE RETURN...AND THUS NOT EXPECTING MUCH OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH SUPPOSE SOME SMALL HAIL/GUSTY WINDS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE MAIN SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SLICE INTO THE CWA ON FRIDAY...AND FOR NOW WILL AIM A TRICKY HIGH TEMP GRADIENT FROM UPPER 60S FAR NORTHWEST TO LOW 80S FAR SOUTHEAST. IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM...THEN HAVE SATURDAY HIGHS ONLY LOW 70S MOST AREAS IN THE PRESENCE OF GRADUALLY DIMINISHING NORTH WINDS. SUNDAY...LOOKS LIKE DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT WITH RATHER HIGH CONFIDENCE OF DRY WEATHER...AS HIGHS REBOUND INTO THE MID-UPPER 70S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 558 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2013 VFR CONDITIONS FORECAST THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE SURFACE WIND WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD...BUT BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE STARTING AROUND 00Z AND EVENTUALLY NORTHWESTERLY BY 05Z. THE SURFACE WIND WILL ALSO REMAIN SUSTAINED GENERALLY IN THE 15-19KT RANGE THROUGH 00Z...WITH GUSTS NEAR 28KTS POSSIBLE 13-00Z. ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE WIND IS ALREADY FAIRLY STRONG THIS MORNING...THE PRESENCE OF A ~45KT LOW LEVEL JET STREAK IS HELPING PROMOTE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AT GRI. THIS LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR SHOULD DECREASE IN INTENSITY POST-SUNRISE AS THE SURFACE WIND INCREASES...BUT GIVEN THE CURRENT CONDITIONS...WENT AHEAD WITH LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IN THE TAF TROUGH 13Z. THE CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER GRI TODAY...WITH A BROKEN DECK EXPECTED DURING MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. THERE ARE SUGGESTIONS FROM SOME GUIDANCE THAT AN MVFR CEILING WILL BE REALIZED AT GRI BETWEEN 00Z AND 09Z THIS EVENING. THAT BEING SAID...CONFIDENCE OF SUCH CONDITIONS BEING REALIZED AT GRI IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH FOR INTRODUCTION INTO THE TAF...BUT DID GO WITH MINIMUM VFR CONDITIONS STARTING 02Z. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR GENERALLY LOW CHANCES OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT GRI THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD...BUT THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE OF SUCH ACTIVITY BEING REALIZED AT GRI EXISTS 02-05Z THIS EVENING AND AS A RESULT...VCTS CONTINUES IN THE TAF 02-05Z. VISIBILITY RESTRICTION IS NOT FORECAST AT GRI THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 454 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2013 AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR COZAD CONTINUES A STEADY RISE AND IS ABOUT ONE FOOT BELOW A FLOOD STAGE OF 6.5 FEET. THE WATER RISE NEAR COZAD IS NOT OCCURRING AT THE SAME RATE AS WHAT WAS OBSERVED AT BRADY AND NORTH PLATTE THE PAST COUPLE DAYS...BUT THIS IS LIKELY A RESULT OF SOME WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE SOUTH CHANNEL OF THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR COZAD INSTEAD OF AT THE GAUGE SITE LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH CHANNEL. CURRENT GUIDANCE FROM RFC FORECASTS SUGGEST THE RATE OF RISING WATER LEVEL WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING...THUS ALLOWING FOR MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR COZAD AFTER 12Z BUT BEFORE 18Z TODAY. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT AT THE CURRENT RATE OF RISING WATER LEVEL...IF MAINTAINED...FLOOD STAGE WILL NOT BE REACHED ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR COZAD UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY. SO...THE INCREASING RATE OF RISING WATER LEVEL WILL HAVE TO BE REALIZED WITHIN THE NEXT 4-5 HOURS...OR FUTURE FORECASTS WILL LIKELY DELAY THE ONSET OF FLOODING NEAR COZAD. THE SURGE OF WATER WILL CONTINUE WORKING DOWNSTREAM AND IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR KEARNEY BEGINNING TUESDAY. FLOOD STAGE...WHICH IS 6.0 FEET...IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BE MET TUESDAY EVENING...WITH THE RIVER CRESTING AT AROUND 7 FEET DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. AS FOR THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR GRAND ISLAND...THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR A RAPID RISE IN WATER LEVEL BEGINNING DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THE RIVER IS THEN EXPECTED TO CREST RIGHT AROUND 6.5 FEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE PLATTE RIVER ACROSS PORTIONS OF DAWSON COUNTY...BUFFALO COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN PHELPS COUNTY...NORTHERN KEARNEY COUNTY...AND SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY. OBVIOUSLY...FORECAST UNCERTAINTY GROWS AS ONE MOVES DOWNSTREAM AND AS A RESULT...WE WILL NEED TO SEE HOW THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR COZAD AND KEARNEY BEHAVES BEFORE MAKING A HIGHER CONFIDENCE FORECAST FOR THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR GRAND ISLAND. AS A RESULT...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT FOR THE PLATTE RIVER FROM ROUGHLY GRAND ISLAND EASTWARD...BUT WATER LEVEL TRENDS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER ALL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL NEED TO BE CONTINUALLY MONITORED THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...BRYANT LONG TERM...PFANNKUCH AVIATION...BRYANT HYDROLOGY...BRYANT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 404 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2013 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 241200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 404 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED...BUT A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. RISING WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER TODAY THROUGH PORTIONS OF DAWSON COUNTY...FAR SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY...AND EXTREME NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY. FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER AS A RESULT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. RISING WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS WEEK. PORTIONS OF THE PLATTE RIVER...PRIMARILY WEST OF HIGHWAY 281...WILL LIKELY OBSERVE MINOR FLOODING AND AS A RESULT...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER FROM SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY WESTWARD. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BETWEEN THURSDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...CHANCES FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST...WITH THE OVERALL GREATEST COVERAGE CURRENTLY FAVORING FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) BRYANT/PFANNKUCH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
918 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0917 AM FLOOD 1 S GOTHENBURG 40.91N 100.16W
09/23/2013 DAWSON NE PUBLIC
THE KOA CAMPGROUND ALONG THE RIVER SOUTH OF GOTHENBURG IS
NOW COMPLETELY COVERED WITH FLOOD WATER. MOST CAMPSITES
AND EVEN THE DRIVEWAY INTO THE CAMPGROUND ARE COVERED.
WATER HAS ALSO BEEN NOTED ALONG THE MEDIAN OF THE
INTERSTATE NEAR GOTHENBURG.
&&
SALTZMANThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, September 2013
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