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MORE DAYS OF SUNSHINE: The mostly dry stretch of weather continues over the state. Outside of a few isolated showers over the eastern counties and some overnight rain out in far western Iowa (at least as of this writing) the dry time will continue through at least Sunday. There is a very slight chance of popcorn showers again today across the state, but they will be VERY isolated, less than 5-10% coverage. If you happen to get one, expect amounts of less than a tenth of an inch.

STALLED BOUNDARY: The rain chances pick up by Sunday with a frontal system moving into the state. This will bring slightly cooler conditions to the state along with showers and thunderstorms. This frontal system will stall near the state with repeated chances of rainfall for several days into the middle of next week. Any rain will be welcome with some areas already nearing two weeks with no rainfall.

MO RIVER FLOODING: Here is a statement from the NWS in Omaha with regards to the flooding on the Missouri River (NOTE this doesn’t include Sioux City’s gauge as that is in the NWS in Sioux Falls CWA)

THE MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD OF 2011 HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE HISTORIC. WITH FLOWS OF 160,000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND AT GAVIN’S POINT EXPECTED THROUGH AUGUST, THE CURRENT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR WEEKS AND IN SOME CASES MONTHS. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF HOW HIGH THE RIVER HAS GOTTEN THUS FAR. THESE VALUES SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED THE MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR THIS FLOODING EVENT. FUTURE RAINFALL WITHIN THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN COULD LEAD TO EVEN HIGHER READINGS.

LOCATION FS RECORD(FT) PRELIMINARY 2011 VALUES(FT)*
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DECATUR 35 43.50-1943 40.08 06/30/2011
BLAIR 26.5 33.50-1952 32.73 06/29/2011
OMAHA 29 40.20-1952 36.29 07/02/2011
PLATTSMOUTH 26 35.65-1993 36.73 06/30/2011
NEB. CITY 18 27.19-1993 28.27 06/28/2011