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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Omaha, NE

June 12, 2010Douglas County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2010, 8:09 AM CDT for Douglas County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 13, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 69 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2010, 8:09 AM CDT (13:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 13, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2010, 9:45 AM CDT
In force: 69 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Minor

County Douglas County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elkhorn River at Waterloo (WTRN1). The gauge peaked at 18.77 ft at Jun 14, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06800500, 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, 3:28 PM CDT, 16 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:28 PM CDT, 16 hours 41 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
Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Washington	18 hr
Jun 11, 11:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Platte	70 hr
Jun 12, 1:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Pierce	6 hr
Jun 12, 2:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Boone	6 hr
Jun 12, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Seward	51 min
Jun 12, 6:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Washington	36 hr
Jun 12, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	4 days
Jun 12, 9:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope	5 days
Jun 12, 9:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Boone	12 hr
Jun 12, 3:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	24 hr
Jun 12, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	12 hr
Jun 12, 6:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas	30 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.