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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Omaha, NE

February 10, 2009Monona County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Feb 10, 2009, 8:34 AM CST for Monona County, Iowa. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2009, 8:34 AM CST (14:34 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2009, 12:26 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Minor

County Monona County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Sioux River near Turin (TURI4). The gauge peaked at 20.95 ft at Feb 10, 2009, 11:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 34.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06607500, 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, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:07 AM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 9, 10:15 PM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Sarpy	12 hr
Feb 9, 10:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cass, Sarpy, Saunders	12 hr
Feb 9, 11:35 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cuming, Stanton	12 hr
Feb 9, 11:43 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Dodge, Saunders	12 hr
Feb 10, 12:53 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cuming	6 days
Feb 10, 3:28 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Burt, Dodge	8 hr
Feb 10, 3:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	8 hr
Feb 10, 10:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Pierce	11 hr
Feb 10, 10:51 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Dodge, Washington	36 hr
Feb 10, 12:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Platte, Saunders	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2009 Every 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.