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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Omaha, NE

April 25, 2008Gage County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2008, 8:47 AM CDT for Gage County, Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 25, 2008, 12:14 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2008, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 25, 2008, 12:14 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 25, 2008, 3:26 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Minor

County Gage County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Blue River near Barneston (BARN1). The gauge peaked at 20.64 ft at Apr 25, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06882000, 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 Apr 25, 3:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 3:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 5:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 2:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 5:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 8:11 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
Apr 24, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	48 min
Apr 24, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	33 min
Apr 24, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Pawnee	47 min
Apr 24, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	42 min
Apr 25, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	48 min
Apr 25, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee	45 min
Apr 25, 12:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Johnson	26 min
Apr 25, 12:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha	34 min
Apr 25, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Otoe, Richardson	19 min
Apr 25, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Otoe	52 min
Apr 25, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	51 min
Apr 25, 1:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Pawnee	3 hr
Apr 25, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee	27 min
Apr 25, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson	62 min
Apr 25, 9:55 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Cedar, Knox, Madison, Pierce and 3 more	6 hr
Apr 25, 10:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Johnson, Pawnee	8 hr
Apr 25, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Page	38 min
Apr 25, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	35 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.