THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR KEARNEY. * - TopicsExpress



          

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR KEARNEY. * AT 9:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...STEEP RISES IN THE PLATTE RIVER WILL ENTER WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY ON TUESDAY...WITH KEARNEY EXPECTED TO SEE A SHARP RISE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A CREST OF 7.2 FEET IS EXPECTED AT KEARNEY BY WEDNESDAY. IT WILL LIKELY BE A PROLONGED CREST WITH FLOODING AND HIGH FLOWS LASTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. * AT 8.0 FEET...THE NEBRASKA YOUTH CAMP LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF KEARNEY WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. * AT 6.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF RURAL LOWLANDS OCCUR. && THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR COZAD . * AT 9:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...FLOODING HAS ALREADY ARRIVED ON THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR GOTHENBURG WITH A CREST EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING. THE PLATTE RIVER HAS REACHED FLOOD STAGE AT COZAD AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO A CREST NEAR 7.2 FEET BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY NIGHT. IT WILL LIKELY BE A PROLONGED CREST WITH FLOODING AND HIGH FLOWS LASTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS...POSSIBLY NOT FALLING BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT COZAD UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING. * AT 6.5 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS AS BOTH BANKS OVERFLOW. * AT 6 FEET...WATER WILL ENTER THE KOA CAMPGROUND UPSTREAM AND SOUTH OF GOTHENBURG. THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT NORTH PLATTE. * UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 7:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL OVER THE NEXT WEEK. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 13.5 FEET...WATER MAY BEGIN TO FLOW OVER BUFFALO BILL ROAD JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BRIDGE. THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PLATTE RIVER AT BRADY NORTH CHANNEL. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 8:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET. * RECORD FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND RECORD FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY FALL TUESDAY MORNING. ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER. * IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. WIDESPREAD FLOODING ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER INCLUDING AREAS ALONG MCCOLLOUGH ROAD AND EAST ISLAND ROAD.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 03:21:28 +0000

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