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River Flood Warning 75, NWS Omaha, NE

October 15, 2007Richardson County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Oct 15, 2007, 6:19 AM CDT for Richardson County, Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 15, 2007, 10:06 AM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 15, 2007, 6:19 AM CDT (11:19 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 15, 2007, 10:06 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 16, 2007, 11:02 AM CDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Minor

County Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Rulo (RULN1). The gauge peaked at 19.81 ft at Oct 15, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06813500, 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 Oct 15, 3:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 3:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 15, 5:43 AM CDT, 36 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
Oct 14, 9:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Richardson	16 hr
Oct 14, 10:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	18 hr
Oct 15, 6:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	3 days
Oct 14, 8:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery	6 hr
Oct 14, 11:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	38 hr
Oct 15, 12:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Page	30 hr
Oct 15, 12:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	4 days
Oct 15, 1:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	9 hr
Oct 15, 1:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	14 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2007 Every river flood warning in 2007

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.