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River Flood Warning 86, NWS Omaha, NE

July 16, 2008Seward County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jul 16, 2008, 9:18 AM CDT for Seward County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jul 17, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2008, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 17, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 17, 2008, 8:27 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity
Minor

County Seward County, NE

The river

Written for the forecast point West Fork Big Blue River near Dorchester (DRGN1). The gauge peaked at 13.10 ft at Jul 17, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
24.4 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06880800, 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 Jul 16, 2:59 AM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:59 AM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 5:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce, Platte36 min
Jul 15, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Saunders49 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXDodge3 hr
Jul 15, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton24 min
Jul 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Platte30 min
Jul 15, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte28 min
Jul 15, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton17 min
Jul 15, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Dodge, Platte, Saunders, Seward47 min
Jul 15, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington43 min
Jul 15, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt26 min
Jul 15, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline, Sarpy and 2 more62 min
Jul 15, 9:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXSaunders3 hr
Jul 15, 9:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXDouglas, Sarpy3 hr
Jul 15, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe48 min
Jul 15, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Sarpy3 hr
Jul 15, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Otoe, Sarpy45 min
Jul 16, 6:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXSaline, Seward12 hr
Jul 16, 6:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaline3 days
Jul 16, 9:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaline5 days

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