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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood advisory at May 12, 2011, 12:45 AM CDT for Cass County, Nebraska; Mills County, Iowa. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2011, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2011, 9:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
Counties Mills County, IA, Cass County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Plattsmouth (PTMN1).
- Action stage
- 25 ft
- Minor stage
- 26 ft
- Moderate stage
- 32 ft
- Major stage
- 35 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06805600, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 11, 2:52 PM CDT, 9 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 2:52 PM CDT, 9 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 252 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 .DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED UPPER LOW MOVING INTO SERN CO HELPING TO TOUCH OFF FIRST WAVE OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ALREADY BEFORE AFTERNOON ISSUANCE. WITH INSTABILITY AXIS FORECAST TO SHIFT NWD THROUGH THE EVENING...SEVERE THREAT SHOULD ALSO SPREAD NWD AND CHC OF SEVERE WILL BE INCLUDED IN ALL ZONES BEFORE 06Z. LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY AND BACKED SURFACE WINDS WERE PRESENT AT 19Z NEAR PLATTE RIVER...ALTHOUGH DEEPER SHEAR WAS FARTHER REMOVED SW OF THE FORECAST AREA AND FORECAST TO REMAIN THERE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...EVEN THOUGH BETTER DEEP SHEAR WAS AND COULD REMAIN TO OUR WEST...BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND AREAS OF LOWER LFC/LCLS DO PROVIDE A TORNADO THREAT INTO THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE LATER TONIGHT EXPECT BULK OF ACTIVITY TO SHIFT N OR E OF THE FORECAST AREA AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES LIFTING SLOWLY ENE. PULLED POPS FAR S AFTER 06Z AND REDUCED ELSEWHERE...LESS SO ALONG NRN ZONES. ALSO ADDED AREAS OF FOG SW ZONES AS CLEARING EXPECTED BUT LOW LEVEL DRYING MINIMAL. FOR THURSDAY...UPPER LOW WILL SPREAD FALLING HEIGHTS ACROSS FORECAST AREA AS IT WORKS INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS SHOULD AGAIN CAUSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH 4KM WRF DOWNPLAYED ACTIVITY EXCEPT MORE CLOSELY TIED TO UPPER LOW. THUS KEPT POPS LOWER ALONG AND E OF MO RIVER. KEPT 80+ MAX TEMPS ALSO ALONG/E OF MISSOURI AND MADE LTL/NO CHANGES ELSEWHERE AS A CASE COULD BE MADE TO GO EITHER WAY WITH TEMPERATURES...POSSIBLY COOLER IF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW AIDS IN SHOVING FRONT FARTHER SE...OR RAISING THEM A BIT WEST OF RIVER IF PUSH IS WEAKER AND CLEARING GETS A CHANCE TO WORK ON THINGS THROUGH MIDDAY. HOWEVER...EXPECT QUITE A BIT OF CUMULUS TO DEVELOP AS COLDER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO ERN NEBR. SOME THREAT WILL CONTINUE AS SHEAR SHOULD INCREASE AS UPPER LOW APPROACHES...ALTHOUGH HOW WIDESPREAD BETTER INSTABILITY EXISTS SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION. AFTER THAT 12Z GFS/00Z ECMWF FORECAST QUITE A BIT OF LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE THROUGH SATURDAY AS COOL AIR OVERSPREADS FORECAST AREA. UPPED SKY COVER AND TRIMMED BACK TEMPERATURES BOTH FRI AND SAT. LINGERING PRECIP POSSIBLY FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY SE AND AFTERNOON SHOWERS COULD ENTER FAR NWRN ZONES AS UPPER LOW THAT WAS OVER SRN CANADA AT 12Z THIS MORNING BEGINS DROPPING SWD. BULK OF FRI/SAT PERIOD SHOULD BE DRY. THIS LOW...WHICH OTHER MODELS HAVE FOLLOWED TRENDS OF 10/12Z GFS...DROPS SWD ALONG MO RIVER LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THUS SUNDAY ALSO LOOKS MOCLOUDY AND COOL AND MAX TEMPERATURES WERE TRIMMED EVEN FURTHER. ALSO INCLUDED SMALL POPS ERN ZONES WHERE FORCING WAS A BIT BETTER. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD MODERATE NEXT WEEK...THIS WARM-UP WAS DOWNPLAYED BY BOTH 12Z GFS AND 00Z ECMWF AS H85 TEMPS GENERALLY REMAIN IN SINGLE DIGITS. THUS LOW TEMPS AND MAX TEMPERATURES WERE ADJUSTED TOWARD THE LITTLE COOLER 12Z MEX NUMBERS. && .AVIATION... TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK 18Z TAFS CONVECTION WILL AFFECT ALL TAF SITES...WITH STORMS MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. IN THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECT MAINLY MVFR CIGS/VIS AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD DOMINATE THROUGH AROUND 06Z...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER THAT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WITH CIGS LIKELY BREAKING AT LEAST AT KLNK AND PERHAPS KOMA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && CHERMOK/MAYES
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 5:59 PM CDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 559 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-121300- 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- 559 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LIKELY SHIFTED NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AS THE AIR MASS REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AND SEVERAL WEAK BOUNDARIES WERE IN THE VICINITY. ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED STORM COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE OR END OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...COULD DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE THAT IS FORECAST TO TRACK INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WAYNE TO COLUMBUS. MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL PERSIST ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER AROUND AND DOWNSTREAM OF NEBRASKA CITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER IN EXTREME EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THURSDAY EVENING...BUT THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE SHIFTING EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE EVENING. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE LOWER REACHES OF THE MISSOURI RIVER INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED ANY MORE TONIGHT...BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING. CHERMOK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 7:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 706 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 NEZ011-012-016>018-031-032-120100- ANTELOPE NE-CEDAR NE-KNOX NE-MADISON NE-PIERCE NE-STANTON NE-WAYNE NE- 706 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR ANTELOPE...NORTHERN STANTON... WAYNE...PIERCE...NORTHERN MADISON...KNOX AND CEDAR COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 659 PM CDT...STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WERE OCCURRING BEHIND A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH OUT OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WINDS WERE GENERALLY OCCURRING WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THE RAIN MOVED NORTH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH ABOUT 8 PM IN MOST OF THE AREA...BUT COULD OCCUR AS LATE AS 9 PM BEFORE THE RAIN MOVES FAR ENOUGH NORTH OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. LOCATIONS THE COULD EXPERIENCE THE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE... NIOBRARA... WYNOT... SANTEE... LINDY... FORDYCE... CROFTON... VERDEL... OBERT... ST. HELENA... LEWIS AND CLARK STATE RECREATION AREA... DERGAN
Special weather statement, May 11, 7:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 711 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 NEZ093-120100- RICHARDSON NE- 711 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RICHARDSON COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALLS CITY TO HUMBOLDT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... FALLS CITY... VERDON... HUMBOLDT... SHUBERT... STELLA... BARADA... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. NIETFELD
Special weather statement, May 11, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Richardson | 44 min |
| May 11, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 21 min |
| May 12, 9:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Cass | 7 days |
| May 12, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Thurston | 46 min |
| May 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Burt, Thurston | 32 min |
| May 12, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Burt, Thurston | 32 min |
| May 12, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone, Platte | 40 min |
| May 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline | 44 min |
| May 12, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Lancaster | 40 min |
| May 12, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Saline | 41 min |
| May 12, 4:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Page | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.