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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Omaha, NE

June 8, 2008Page County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 8, 2008, 5:50 PM CDT for Page County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 8, 2008, 7:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2008, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2008, 7:18 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2008, 10:25 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Moderate

County Page County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nodaway River at Clarinda (ICLI4). The gauge peaked at 20.11 ft at Jun 8, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06817000, 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 Jun 8, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
129 PM CDT SUN JUN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0128 PM     FLOOD            HARLAN                  41.65N 95.33W
06/08/2008                   SHELBY             IA   AMATEUR RADIO

            EAST NISHNABOTNA OUT OF BANKS EAST SIDE OF TOWN

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SKLEMM

Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
133 PM CDT SUN JUN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0128 PM     FLOOD            HARLAN                  41.65N 95.33W
06/08/2008                   SHELBY             IA   AMATEUR RADIO

            WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER OUT OF BANKS EAST SIDE OF TOWN

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
140 PM CDT SUN JUN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0128 PM     FLOOD            HARLAN                  41.65N 95.33W
06/08/2008                   SHELBY             IA   AMATEUR RADIO

            BAD REPORT. NO FLOODING OCCURRING.

0128 PM     FLOOD            HARLAN                  41.65N 95.33W
06/08/2008                   SHELBY             IA   AMATEUR RADIO

            BAD REPORT. NO FLOODING

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MILLER

Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 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
Jun 7, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt	43 min
Jun 7, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone	41 min
Jun 7, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone, Madison, Platte	39 min
Jun 7, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox, Pierce	41 min
Jun 7, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	47 min
Jun 7, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Madison, Pierce	31 min
Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone, Platte	34 min
Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	6 hr
Jun 8, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Seward	36 min
Jun 8, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward	50 min
Jun 8, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	38 min
Jun 8, 2:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy, Washington	34 min
Jun 8, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	46 min
Jun 8, 5:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Boone	12 hr
Jun 8, 7:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Madison	8 hr
Jun 8, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	9 hr
Jun 8, 12:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope	9 hr
Jun 8, 12:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Madison, Pierce, Wayne	22 hr
Jun 8, 1:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Colfax, Platte	22 hr
Jun 8, 4:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cuming	21 hr
Jun 8, 6:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Boone	18 hr
Jun 7, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	39 min
Jun 8, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby	43 min
Jun 8, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie	27 min
Jun 8, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	46 min
Jun 8, 8:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Harrison	26 hr
Jun 8, 8:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	22 hr
Jun 8, 8:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	40 hr
Jun 8, 1:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	4 hr
Jun 8, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	47 min
Jun 8, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	34 min
Jun 8, 4:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	29 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.