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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Omaha, NE

June 21, 2011Fremont County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2011, 10:22 AM CDT for Fremont County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 22, 2011, 9:31 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2011, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 22, 2011, 9:31 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 22, 2011, 3:48 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Flood severity: Minor

County Fremont County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nishnabotna River above Hamburg (HMBI4). The gauge peaked at 22.80 ft at Jun 22, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 27.5 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06810000, 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 21, 3:33 AM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:33 AM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:58 AM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:47 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:49 AM CDT, 33 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 20, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Pawnee and 1 more	48 min
Jun 20, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Knox	32 min
Jun 20, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Wayne	48 min
Jun 20, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Madison, Platte	31 min
Jun 20, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders and 1 more	51 min
Jun 20, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson	42 min
Jun 20, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox, Wayne	40 min
Jun 20, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Dodge, Saunders, Thurston, Washington	44 min
Jun 20, 8:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Gage, Pawnee	2 hr
Jun 20, 8:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge, Saunders	5 hr
Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Madison, Platte, Stanton	3 hr
Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Douglas, Washington	44 min
Jun 20, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Thurston, Wayne	33 min
Jun 20, 8:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Washington	2 hr
Jun 20, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Thurston, Washington	38 min
Jun 20, 8:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Knox, Pierce	6 hr
Jun 20, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Nemaha, Otoe, Sarpy	62 min
Jun 20, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Richardson	29 min
Jun 20, 8:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cedar, Pierce, Wayne	6 hr
Jun 20, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Thurston	2 hr
Jun 20, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	49 min
Jun 20, 9:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	6 hr

Nearby

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.