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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Omaha, NE

May 30, 2013Cass County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2013, 5:08 AM CDT for Cass County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 30, 2013, 10:34 AM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2013, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2013, 10:34 AM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2013, 6:08 PM CDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cass County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Salt Creek near Greenwood (GRNN1). The gauge peaked at 17.32 ft at May 30, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06803555, 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 30, 4:41 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:41 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:20 PM CDT, 12 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
420 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-301130-
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE-
420 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH THIS
EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE
STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

IAZ043-055-056-069-080-091-NEZ015-033-034-043>045-050>053-301130-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MONTGOMERY-PAGE-THURSTON-
CUMING-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
420 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS. DUE TO RECENT RAINS...WATER
OVER ROADS AND FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

IAZ079-090-NEZ065>068-078-088>093-301130-
MILLS-FREMONT-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
420 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA
AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AND ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS. DUE
TO RECENT RAINS...WATER OVER ROADS AND FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

FOBERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 2:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 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 29, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Dodge	29 min
May 29, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce	28 min
May 29, 7:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster	3 hr
May 29, 7:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saunders	3 hr
May 29, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Cedar, Pierce, Wayne	23 min
May 29, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	33 min
May 29, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cuming, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne	53 min
May 29, 8:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saline	62 hr
May 29, 8:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Gage	68 hr
May 29, 8:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saline	64 hr
May 29, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	57 hr
May 29, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Butler, Seward	44 min
May 29, 11:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline, Seward	116 min
May 30, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	26 hr
May 30, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Richardson	25 hr
May 30, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Lancaster	36 min
May 30, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	25 min
May 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	31 min
May 30, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Saunders	27 min
May 30, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Saunders	34 min
May 29, 8:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	5 hr
May 29, 8:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	59 hr
May 29, 8:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	68 hr
May 29, 8:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.