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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE

February 10, 2009Dodge County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Feb 10, 2009, 3:50 AM CST for Dodge County, Nebraska. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2009, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2009, 11:54 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity
Minor

County Dodge County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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 Logan Creek at Uehling (UEHN1). The gauge peaked at 18.69 ft at Feb 10, 2009, 4:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06799500, 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 Feb 10, 3:07 AM CST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:07 AM CST, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 10:07 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1007 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-101230-
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-
1007 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA YET THIS
EVENING AS SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. WIND SPEEDS
WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 WHERE
SHOWERS OCCUR. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL
PORTION OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

IN ADDITION...SOME MINOR FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE LOUP...
ELKHORN AND PLATTE RIVERS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS WARM TEMPERATURES
AND RECENT RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FLUSH ICE OUT OF THE CHANNELS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE HYDROLOGICAL OUTLOOK AND RIVER
STATEMENTS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ISSUED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

ICE JAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF
WEATHER SYSTEMS BRINGS THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION TO THE
REGION. A MID WEEK WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...AND ANOTHER STORM MAY BRING
ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AND YET
ANOTHER STORM MAY MOVE THROUGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY RIVER CONDITIONS OR ICE
JAMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA.

DEWALD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 9, 10:29 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1029 PM CST MON FEB 09 2009

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

1027 PM     FLOOD            2 NE ASHLAND            41.06N 96.34W
02/09/2009                   SAUNDERS           NE   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            NRD OFFICIALS REPORT MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG
            HIGHWAY 6 NEAR THE PLATTE RIVER IN THE BEACON VIEW AREA.

&&

DEWALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 10:15 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXSarpy12 hr
Feb 9, 10:46 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXCass, Sarpy, Saunders12 hr
Feb 9, 11:35 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXCuming, Stanton12 hr
Feb 9, 11:43 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXDodge, Saunders12 hr
Feb 10, 12:53 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXCuming6 days
Feb 10, 3:28 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXBurt, Dodge8 hr
Feb 10, 10:20 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXPierce11 hr
Feb 10, 10:51 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXDodge, Washington36 hr
Feb 10, 12:48 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXButler, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Platte, Saunders23 hr
Feb 10, 8:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXMonona4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.