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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Omaha, NE

May 28, 2011Douglas County, Sarpy County, Nebraska; Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2011, 7:22 PM CDT for Douglas County, Sarpy County, Nebraska; Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It took effect at May 29, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 107 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2011, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
In effect from: May 29, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 13, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 107 days
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Pottawattamie County, IA, Douglas County, NE, Sarpy County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Omaha (OMHN1). The gauge peaked at 36.27 ft at Jul 2, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06610000, 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 May 28, 4:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 4:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 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
May 28, 8:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Washington	109 days
May 29, 6:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Washington	20 min
May 29, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Burt	95 days
May 29, 3:28 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more	34 hr
May 29, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills	24 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2011 River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2011 Every river flood warning in 2011

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.