036
WGUS83 KLBF 170823
FLSLBF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
323 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
NEBRASKA...
FRENCHMAN CREEK NEAR PALISADE AFFECTING HAYES COUNTY.
FOR THE FRENCHMAN CREEK...INCLUDING PALISADE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS MORNING AT 1100 AM CDT.
NEC085-171600-
/O.EXT.KLBF.FL.W.0001.250917T0823Z-250918T2100Z/
/PALN1.1.ER.250917T0653Z.250917T0745Z.250917T2100Z.NO/
323 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...FRENCHMAN CREEK NEAR PALISADE.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. FLOODING BEGINS
BETWEEN WAUNETA AND PALIDADE. SOME AREAS OF PALISADE NEAR KOTTER
PARK WILL BE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 6.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 7.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
7.6 FEET ON 06/16/1984.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
FRENCHMAN CREEK
PALISADE 7.0 7.5 WED 2 AM CDT 5.5 3.5 3.4
LAT...LON 4042 10136 4037 10110 4035 10106 4035 10117
4040 10137
BROWN
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