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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2014, 11:04 AM CDT for Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2014, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 6:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Saunders County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 608 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 412 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES TO WIND DOWN OVER THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH JUST A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS OVER OUR FAR SOUTHEAST. THESE SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK AS THE SURFACE BOUNDARY HAS PUSHED WELL TO THE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER MUCH OF THE REGION WITH SOME ISOLATED TOTALS GREATER THAN 5.00 INCHES. OMAHA EPPLEY HIT A RECORD WITH 5.30" FOR THE DAY WHICH IS ALSO THE MOST FOR ANY DAY IN JUNE. HEAVY RAIN CREATED LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WHICH CONTINUES TO RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. AS RIVERS AND STREAMS RESPOND...A FEW FLOOD WARNINGS CAN BE EXPECTED. LOW CLOUDS WITH SOME PATCHY MORNING FOG WILL LINGER AROUND THE AREA FOR A WHILE BUT THE DAY SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY QUIET AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING INCREASING UPSLOPE FLOW AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES OVERHEAD. THIS ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD EAST/SOUTHEAST AND APPROACH OUR SOUTHWESTERN CWA OVERNIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. KANSAS SHOULD SEE THE BULK OF ACTIVITY CLOSER TO THE SFC LOW BUT ACTIVITY MAY CLIP OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR WESTERN CWA IN WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME IN ADDITION FORCING FROM AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 412 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 A SFC LOW WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS KANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD DRIFT NORTH INTO OUR FORECAST AREA INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME WITH A SFC COLD FRONT DROPPING OUT OF THE DAKOTAS SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COOLER AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR LATE IN THE WEEKEND. WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED INTO NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...(12Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.) ISSUED AT 610 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 LOW CLOUDS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH WITH NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE TAF SITES THIS MORNING. THE TREND WILL BE FOR VFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. UNTIL THEN...IFR CEILINGS WILL OCCUR AT TIMES AND SOME FOG MAY ALSO OCCUR. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...KERN LONG TERM...KERN AVIATION...MILLER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 10:57 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:05 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1005 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 AM HEAVY RAIN AUBURN 40.39N 95.84W
06/04/2014 M2.86 INCH NEMAHA NE CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
KGLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:06 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1006 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 AM HEAVY RAIN SYRACUSE 40.66N 96.18W
06/04/2014 M2.78 INCH OTOE NE CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
KGLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:07 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1007 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 AM HEAVY RAIN TEKAMAH 41.78N 96.22W
06/04/2014 M2.70 INCH BURT NE CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
KGLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:08 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1008 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 AM HEAVY RAIN BENNINGTON 41.37N 96.16W
06/04/2014 M2.67 INCH DOUGLAS NE CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
KGLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:09 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1009 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 AM HEAVY RAIN RANDOLPH 40.87N 95.56W
06/04/2014 M2.66 INCH FREMONT IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
KGLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:19 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
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</html>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 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, 3:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 3 days |
| Jun 4, 7:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Mills | 3 hr |
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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.