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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Omaha, NE

August 7, 2007Butler County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Aug 7, 2007, 8:00 AM CDT for Butler County, Nebraska. It took effect at Aug 7, 2007, 11:26 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2007, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 7, 2007, 11:26 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 11, 2007, 8:27 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Minor

County Butler County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Blue River at Surprise (SRPN1).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06879900, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Aug 7, 2:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Washington	25 min
Aug 6, 10:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OAX	Butler, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders and 1 more	6 hr
Aug 7, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha	67 min
Aug 7, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Richardson	35 min
Aug 7, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Richardson	33 min
Aug 6, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Shelby	25 min
Aug 7, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Page	51 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.