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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Omaha, NE

June 5, 2014Saline County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2014, 6:29 AM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2014, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2014, 3:43 PM CDT
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Saline County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Blue River near Crete (CRTN1). The gauge peaked at 20.77 ft at Jun 5, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06881000, 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 5, 6:16 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:16 AM CDT, 13 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 5, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Thurston	34 min
Jun 5, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Thurston	29 min
Jun 5, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Thurston	44 min
Jun 5, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Thurston	27 min
Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Thurston	31 min
Jun 5, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Thurston	43 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Thurston	45 min
Jun 5, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Thurston	33 min
Jun 5, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Burt	38 min
Jun 5, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt	33 min
Jun 5, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Burt	40 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Burt	46 min
Jun 5, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Washington	38 min
Jun 5, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Washington	39 min
Jun 5, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas	34 min
Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	46 min
Jun 5, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	43 min
Jun 5, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	24 min
Jun 5, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Harrison	49 min
Jun 5, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Harrison	24 min
Jun 5, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Harrison	37 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	51 min
Jun 5, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	27 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.