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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Omaha, NE

July 17, 2008Seward County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jul 17, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT for Seward County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jul 18, 2008, 1:22 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2008, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 18, 2008, 1:22 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 18, 2008, 1:32 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity
Minor

County Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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 17, 2:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
254 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

.DISCUSSION...

CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FIRE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A SFC BOUNDARY
EXTENDING FROM ABOUT SRN MN TO SWRN NEB. LIFT BEING ENHANCED FROM RRQ
OF JET AND PASSING DISTURBANCE PER AREA PROFILERS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL
BE THE FOCUS FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CWA
TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG LLVL THETA-E
CONVERGENCE IS PROGGED TO WAFFLE ACROSS THE CWA...PROMPTING PCPN
CHANCES CONTINUING INTO THIS WEEKEND. AT THIS POINT...BASED ON LATEST
FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE/PROGGED PWS & KI VALUES...SEEMS AREAS AT
GREATEST RISK FOR FLOODING GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HERMAN TO
ALBION IN EASTERN NEB. GUIDANCE FOR THE IOWA COUNTIES SUGGEST THOSE
AREAS CAN HANDLE ANY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY OCCUR. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
POTENTIAL LOOKS RATHER WEAK GIVEN PROGGED MESO-SCALE PARAMETERS.
HOWEVER...WEDGE OF MID LEVEL DEWPT DEPRESSIONS 10-15 DEG/DOWNDRAFT
CAPE VALUES SUGGEST POSSIBLE SEVERE WIND THREAT THIS EVENING.
OTHERWISE...COOLER HIGHS FRIDAY WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN...THEN
REBOUNDING BACK INTO THE L-M90S BY SUNDAY.

IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS...MAIN UPPER LEVEL JET WILL REMAIN ALONG THE
U.S./CANADIAN BORDER THRU THE PD WITH NUMEROUS EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES
MOVING THRU THE MEAN FLOW. THUNDER CHANCES ARE THE BIG QUESTION...AND
ALL DEPENDENT UPON WHERE THE ANTICIPATED SURFACE BOUNDARY SETS UP AND
WAFFLES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS USUAL...GFS AND ECM STILL HAVING
DIFFERING SOLUTIONS WITH FINER DETAILS MAKING PCPN FCST PROBLEMATIC
AT BEST. THUS TRIED TO USE A BLEND OF GUIDANCE ALONG WITH THE GUT
MODEL. AT ANY RATE...POSITION OF UPPER RIDGE AXIS TO THE WEST SUGGEST
DOWNSTREAM MCS DEVELOPMENT OVER THE AREA. AGAIN...EXACTLY WHERE STUFF
WILL FIRE DEPENDENT ON SFC FRONT. BASICALLY HAVE 20%-30% THUNDER
CHANCES DURING AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT TIME FRAME MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS FOR TEMPS...BLEND OF MEX/MEN/ECM PUTS HIGHS
GENERALLY IN THE LOW 90S WITH LOWS IN THE M60S-L70S. AS FOR SEVERE
THREAT...SPC NOT COMMITTING TO ANYTHING IN THEIR 4-8 DAY FCST. BUT
CONSIDERING JUST DEEP LAYER SHEAR WITH HIGH MLCAPE VALUES POINT TO
POSSIBLE STRONG STORMS MONDAY EVENING.

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR TAF SITES KOMA/KLNK/KOFK THRU 18/18Z

VARIABLE CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TAF SITES WITH TSTMS LIKELY THRU
MUCH OF THE PD. MUCH OF THE STRONG TSTM ACTIVITY WL BE FM AROUND 21Z
THRU 03Z WITH PREVAILING -SHRA THEREAFTER. CDFNT WL TURN WINDS TO
THE NORTHWEST AT KOFK AFTER 03Z AND AFTER 10Z AT BOTH KLNK AND KOMA.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
     MORNING FOR NEZ030-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093.

IA...NONE.

&&

DEE/BG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
519 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-181230-
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-
519 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE.
IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED FUNNEL CLOUD MAY BE SPOTTED.

THE SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF AND ALONG A COLD FRONT
THAT IS PUSHING SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION LOCAL PARAMETERS SUPPORT
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED FUNNEL CLOUDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH AREAS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ALONG WITH HEAVY
RAIN.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA.

ZAPOTOCNY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
429 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

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

0427 PM     HAIL             MEAD                    41.23N 96.49W
07/17/2008  E0.88 INCH       SAUNDERS           NE   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:35 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
735 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

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

0733 PM     HEAVY RAIN       NEBRASKA CITY           40.68N 95.86W
07/17/2008  M1.59 INCH       OTOE               NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FELL IN ONE HOUR FROM 6PM TO 7PM.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:51 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
751 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

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

0733 PM     HEAVY RAIN       TABLE ROCK              40.18N 96.09W
07/17/2008  M0.66 INCH       PAWNEE             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            IN 15 TO 20 MINUTES

&&

BG
Local storm report, Jul 17, 8:10 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
810 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

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

0809 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 N TABLE ROCK          40.24N 96.09W
07/17/2008  M1.90 INCH       PAWNEE             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            FELL IN 35 MINUTES.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXJefferson3 hr
Jul 17, 7:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXJohnson116 min
Jul 17, 8:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXPawnee2 hr
Jul 17, 8:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXGage25 hr
Jul 17, 8:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSeward37 hr
Jul 17, 8:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXJefferson17 hr
Jul 17, 10:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson4 hr
Jul 18, 7:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXJefferson30 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.