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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Omaha, NE

June 4, 2014Fremont County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2014, 3:37 AM CDT for Fremont County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 4, 2014, 11:03 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2014, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 4, 2014, 11:03 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 7, 2014, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 66 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 08:39 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).

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 4, 12:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 12:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:01 AM CDT, 36 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 3, 7:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Dodge, Washington	6 hr
Jun 3, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders	33 min
Jun 3, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders	37 min
Jun 3, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler	28 min
Jun 3, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe, Sarpy	39 min
Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster, Saunders	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cuming, Dodge, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Thurston	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Platte, Seward	26 min
Jun 3, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward	34 min
Jun 3, 8:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Colfax, Madison, Stanton	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	39 min
Jun 3, 8:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 14 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward	45 min
Jun 3, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha	24 min
Jun 3, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline	43 min
Jun 3, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Boone, Madison	26 min
Jun 3, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe	34 min
Jun 3, 9:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	6 hr
Jun 3, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Pawnee	32 min
Jun 3, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson	46 min
Jun 3, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Pawnee, Richardson	33 min
Jun 3, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Butler	26 min
Jun 3, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pawnee, Richardson	32 min
Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Richardson	4 days
Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	4 days
Jun 3, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Sarpy, Saunders	26 min
Jun 3, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saline, Seward	52 min
Jun 3, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saline	40 min
Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Saline	35 min
Jun 4, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	26 min
Jun 4, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee	49 min
Jun 4, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	31 min
Jun 4, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saline, Seward	24 min
Jun 4, 12:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	3 hr
Jun 4, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Pawnee	29 min
Jun 4, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Pawnee, Richardson	32 min
Jun 4, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Saline	50 min
Jun 4, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pawnee	44 min
Jun 4, 4:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Butler	5 hr
Jun 4, 6:03 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OAX	Saunders	25 hr
Jun 4, 6:03 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OAX	Cass	25 hr
Jun 4, 6:03 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OAX	Saunders	25 hr
Jun 4, 8:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	5 hr
Jun 4, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	22 hr
Jun 4, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Saunders	5 hr
Jun 4, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	31 hr
Jun 3, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	46 min
Jun 3, 7:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	6 hr
Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	19 min
Jun 3, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	47 min
Jun 3, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	41 min
Jun 3, 9:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Mills, Montgomery, Page	3 hr
Jun 3, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Page	21 min
Jun 3, 9:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Page	5 hr
Jun 3, 10:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	9 hr
Jun 3, 10:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	36 hr
Jun 3, 10:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	52 hr
Jun 3, 10:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	47 hr
Jun 4, 12:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Page	25 hr
Jun 4, 7:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Mills	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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.