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River Flood Warning 67, NWS Omaha, NE

June 11, 2008Harrison County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 11, 2008, 12:29 PM CDT for Harrison County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 11, 2008, 4:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2008, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 11, 2008, 4:16 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 12, 2008, 9:31 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Minor

County Harrison County, IA

The river

Written for the forecast point Boyer River at Logan (LGNI4). The gauge peaked at 19.50 ft at Jun 12, 2008, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06609500, 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 11, 6:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 11:34 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:32 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1132 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0445 AM     HAIL             6 E HARTINGTON          42.62N 97.15W
06/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       CEDAR              NE   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:33 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1133 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

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

0325 AM     HAIL             LOUISVILLE              41.00N 96.16W
06/11/2008  E0.75 INCH       CASS               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 120TH AND CHURCH

0335 AM     HAIL             BELLEVUE                41.16N 95.92W
06/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       SARPY              NE   PUBLIC

            NEAR 36TH AND HIGHWAY 370.

0340 AM     HAIL             OMAHA                   41.26N 96.01W
06/11/2008  M0.50 INCH       DOUGLAS            NE   NWS EMPLOYEE

            156TH AND BLONDO

0340 AM     HAIL             PAPILLION               41.16N 96.04W
06/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       SARPY              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0343 AM     HAIL             OMAHA                   41.26N 96.01W
06/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       DOUGLAS            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MAPLE ST. AND 156TH.

0345 AM     HAIL             FORT CALHOUN            41.46N 96.03W
06/11/2008  E0.75 INCH       WASHINGTON         NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0430 AM     HAIL             LYONS                   41.94N 96.47W
06/11/2008  E0.75 INCH       BURT               NE   PUBLIC

0445 AM     HAIL             6 E HARTINGTON          42.62N 97.15W
06/11/2008  E1.00 INCH       CEDAR              NE   PUBLIC

0500 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ONAWA                   42.03N 96.09W
06/11/2008                   MONONA             IA   PUBLIC

            2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN, A FEW POWER LINES DOWN.

0630 AM     HAIL             3 W DEFIANCE            41.83N 95.40W
06/11/2008  E0.75 INCH       SHELBY             IA   PUBLIC

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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 11, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson	41 min
Jun 11, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax, Platte, Stanton	40 min
Jun 11, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy	46 min
Jun 11, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax, Dodge	49 min
Jun 11, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy	38 min
Jun 11, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy, Washington	47 min
Jun 11, 4:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Washington	43 min
Jun 11, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	22 min
Jun 11, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Thurston	47 min
Jun 11, 4:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OAX	Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge and 17 more	26 hr
Jun 11, 6:26 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 23 more	10 hr
Jun 11, 11:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Platte	24 hr
Jun 11, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cuming, Thurston	27 min
Jun 11, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saunders	43 min
Jun 11, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming	28 min
Jun 11, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Thurston	50 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Dodge, Douglas, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward and 1 more	54 min
Jun 11, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Washington	26 min
Jun 11, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Saunders	49 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	3 hr
Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt	47 min
Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saline, Seward	59 min
Jun 11, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Burt	37 min
Jun 11, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington	63 min
Jun 11, 6:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Washington	3 hr
Jun 11, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline, Seward	62 min
Jun 11, 5:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Shelby	39 min
Jun 11, 6:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	4 hr
Jun 11, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	37 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Monona	3 hr
Jun 11, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	23 min

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.