Expires:200904201502;;089388
FGUS83 KGID 191502
RVSGID

NEC019-047-099-201502-
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1002 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2009
...FLOW ROUTING TEST RELEASES FROM LAKE MCCONAUGHY ALONG WITH
RECENT RAINFALL ARE CREATING HIGH FLOWS ALONG THE PLATTE
RIVER NEAR COZAD AND KEARNEY....
THE LATEST RIVER STAGE READING AT COZAD WAS 5.5 FEET AT 7 AM SUNDAY. 
FLOOD STAGE IS 6.5 FEET.  NO FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THE LATEST RIVER STAGE READING AT KEARNEY WAS 4.6 FEET AT 5 AM
SUNDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.  NO FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
 
WATER RELEASES EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNT
STORED AT LAKE MCCONAUGHY...IN COMBINATION WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WILL RESULT IN
HIGH FLOWS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER ACROSS DAWSON AND BUFFALO COUNTIES.
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED BUT THE RIVER WILL BE RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL.
&&
...THE LATEST RIVER STAGE AND THREE DAY RIVER FORECAST (IN FEET)...
                  FLD      OBSERVED              FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION:         STG    STG  DAY  TIME       MON    TUE    WED
PLATTE RIVER
  COZAD            6.5     5.5  SUN 7 AM        4.7    4.2    4.3
  KEARNEY          6.0     4.6  SUN 5 AM        4.7    4.7    4.4
$$