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Rain & rivers

Rain expected and rain that fell, and the gauges at action stage or above in Nebraska, each with NWS’s forecast. Flood warnings are the Live tracker’s.

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Rain and rivers in Nebraska

  • Expected rain: below WPC’s lowest contour (0.01 in) in Nebraska, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
  • Rain that fell: 0.01 to 0.1 in at its highest in Nebraska, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
  • Rivers: no river gauge in Nebraska is in flood or forecast to flood, by NWS’s lists read . Gauges are on larger rivers, not every creek: this is not a sign that nothing can flood.

Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker

On the Briefing’s map

River, coastal and lake gauges in Nebraska

No gauge in Nebraska is in flood, observed or forecast; one gauge is at action stage.

Action stage, not flooding 1

Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.

  1. Observed: action stage Missouri River at Gavins Point Dam, NEObserved 1208.01 ft at : action stage

A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

Nebraska flash-flood briefing

Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.