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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Omaha, NE

May 28, 2013Monona County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2013, 9:04 AM CDT for Monona County, Iowa. It took effect at May 28, 2013, 5:09 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2013, 9:04 AM CDT (14:04 UTC)
In effect from: May 28, 2013, 5:09 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2013, 11:35 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Monona County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Sioux River near Turin (TURI4). The gauge peaked at 25.38 ft at May 28, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 34.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06607500, 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, 6:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 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 27, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	38 min
May 27, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	67 min
May 27, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Lancaster, Otoe	51 min
May 27, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Jefferson	34 min
May 27, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	23 min
May 27, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Jefferson	3 hr
May 27, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Gage	33 min
May 27, 9:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	3 hr
May 27, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson	52 min
May 27, 9:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	3 hr
May 27, 9:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline	3 hr
May 27, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass, Nemaha, Otoe	51 min
May 27, 10:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe	3 hr
May 27, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Nemaha, Otoe	43 min
May 27, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Jefferson	25 min
May 27, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Richardson	52 min
May 27, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson	32 min
May 27, 10:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	3 hr
May 27, 10:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	5 days
May 27, 10:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Lancaster	3 hr
May 27, 11:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	3 hr
May 27, 11:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cass	3 hr
May 27, 11:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope	3 hr
May 27, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Antelope, Knox, Pierce	46 min
May 28, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Antelope, Knox	48 min
May 28, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saline	63 min
May 28, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cedar	34 min
May 28, 3:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saline	4 days
May 28, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson	7 hr
May 28, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha	47 min
May 28, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson	50 min
May 27, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie	43 min
May 27, 11:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	3 hr
May 28, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Page	54 min
May 28, 5:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Page	3 hr
May 28, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Page	58 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.