...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A - TopicsExpress



          

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEBRASKA... PLATTE RIVER NEAR COZAD AFFECTING BUFFALO AND DAWSON COUNTIES .HEAVY RAINFALL IN COLORADO LAST WEEK RESULTED IN FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. THE FLOOD WATER REACHED THE NEBRASKA/COLORADO BORDER TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW EAST IN THE COMING DAYS. THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER MEETS UP WITH THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER BECOMING THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO THEN GRADUALLY WORK ITS WAY DOWN THE PLATTE RIVER AND INTO DAWSON COUNTY BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. THE EXTENT AND IMPACTS OF THE FLOODING WILL DECREASE AS THE WATER TRACKS EAST DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE FLOOD WATER GRADUALLY SOAKING INTO DROUGHT STRICKEN LAND ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. CONSEQUENTLY...ANY FLOODING WE SEE ACROSS DAWSON AND WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES WILL BE LESS EXTENSIVE AND LESS SEVERE THAN FLOODING THAT HAS OR WILL OCCUR UPSTREAM. HOWEVER...DESPITE THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND CURRENT LACK OF WATER IN THE PLATTE RIVER AT COZAD...THE AMOUNT OF WATER COMING DOWNSTREAM WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO RESULT IN MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL AREAS ADJACENT TO THE PLATTE RIVER ACROSS DAWSON COUNTY INTO WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY. 553 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS...NE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR COZAD . * FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 7:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 1.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...EXPECT RAPID RISES IN THE PLATTE RIVER ACROSS DAWSON COUNTY THIS WEEKEND WITH MINOR FLOODING FORECAST BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. ONCE THE FLOOD WATER REACHES DAWSON COUNTY...THE FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE FLOODING IS FORECAST TO REACH FAR WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY AS EARLY AS SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A DIFFICULT FORECAST INVOLVING MANY VARIABLES AND THUS THE FORECAST WILL...
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:01:53 +0000

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