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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Omaha, NE

May 31, 2008Dodge County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2008, 7:47 AM CDT for Dodge County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 31, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 75 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2008, 7:47 AM CDT (12:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 75 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Minor

County Dodge County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Platte River at North Bend (NBDN1). The gauge peaked at 7.90 ft at May 30, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 11.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06796000, 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 May 30, 3:12 PM CDT, 16 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:12 PM CDT, 16 hours 35 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
May 30, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe, Sarpy	36 hr
May 31, 2:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge, Washington	12 hr
May 31, 3:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Colfax	12 hr
May 31, 6:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	12 hr
May 31, 4:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Butler	24 hr
May 31, 4:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	6 hr

Nearby

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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.