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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Omaha, NE

June 9, 2008Sarpy County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 9, 2008, 1:46 PM CDT for Sarpy County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 9, 2008, 4:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2008, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2008, 4:53 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity
Minor

County Sarpy County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Platte River near Ashland (ASLN1). The gauge peaked at 20.52 ft at Jun 10, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
23.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06801000, 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 9, 3:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 11:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1134 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-100645-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
1134 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

FLOODING CONTINUES ON SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS FROM RECENT
HEAVY RAINS. CHECK THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FOR
DETAILS REGARDING FLOODING.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THESE
HIGHER THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...POSSIBLY LINGERING ACROSS THE
SOUTH INTO FRIDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS
TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
FUTURE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE
DETAIL WITH REGARD TO TIMING AND AREAL LOCATIONS.

MOISTURE WILL BE RETURNING TO THE OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BE
MOVING FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

FOBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 11:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXPlatte12 hr
Jun 9, 8:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXCass, Otoe60 hr
Jun 9, 9:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXDodge9 hr
Jun 9, 11:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXPlatte12 hr
Jun 9, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha, Richardson24 min
Jun 9, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha, Richardson41 min
Jun 9, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Washington62 min
Jun 9, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Washington56 min
Jun 9, 5:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXMonona5 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.