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Weather Forecast Office Hastings, NE

Missouri Basin River Forecast Center

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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time. Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions NOTE: Forecasts for the Wood River at Grand Island Diversion are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 21.5 Moderate Flood Stage: 20.5 Flood Stage: 19.5 Action Stage: 18 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 18.13 ft on 03/17/2019 (2) 17.10 ft on 06/08/2008 (3) 16.77 ft on 05/27/2020 (4) 15.85 ft on 03/03/2007 (5) 15.51 ft on 06/21/2010 Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 11.25 ft on 06/16/2022 (2) 14.21 ft on 03/25/2021 (3) 16.77 ft on 05/27/2020 (4) 18.13 ft on 03/17/2019 (5) 13.99 ft on 07/11/2018 Show More Recent Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records Currently none available. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Show FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? Why aren't the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers showing on the ESRI Map? Possible reasons: There are no FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers for the location which you are viewing on ESRI Maps. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Note: Your zoom level may have changed. ESRI's zoom levels must be between 14 and 16 to show National Flood Hazard layers.

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22.5	Water reaches the bottom of the Highway 281 bridge.
21.5	The Wood River Diversion Levee will be topped in several locations with flood waters spilling over into businesses located along the levee especially along the south side of the river. Major property damage is expected if the levee were to fail.
20	The Wood River will be within 1.5 feet of topping the levee at the Wood River Diversion on the south side of Grand Island. Damage to the levee and some flooding along the levee will be possible.
19.4	Water reaches the bottom of the railroad bridge downstream of Highway 281 resulting in backwater rises on the west side of the railroad bridge. The rising backwater will quickly begin flowing through the low point in the levee on the north side of the railroad bridge unless this low spot has been previously sandbagged.
18	The water level will be within 1.5 feet of reaching the bottom of the downstream train bridge. Once the water level reaches the bottom of the train bridge there will be increasing backwater just upstream of the train bridge and water will quickly reach the low spot in the levee near the train bridge. Sandbagging of the low spot in the levee near the train brdige will be required prior to reaching a stage of 19.5 feet to protect the levee.
Photos (1) Gage house (2) Bridge at site, with wire weight. (3) Looking downstream (4) Looking upstream

About This Location

Latitude: 40.874722° N, Longitude: 98.378333° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 19.5 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps Vertical Datum Elevation (gauge height = 0) Elevation (gauge height = flood stage) Elevation information source NAVD88 1850.27 ft 1870.27 ft Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other Not Available Not Available   Current/Historical Observations: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Grand Island Diversion

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