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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Omaha, NE

May 9, 2008Richardson County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2008, 9:32 AM CDT for Richardson County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 9, 2008, 4:16 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2008, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2008, 4:16 PM CDT
Expired
May 9, 2008, 2:21 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity
Moderate

County Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Nemaha River at Falls City (FLLN1). The gauge peaked at 20.83 ft at May 9, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
25 ft
Minor stage
27 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06815000, 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 9, 3:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 11:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXPawnee3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2008Every 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.