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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Omaha, NE

June 18, 2014Burt County, Thurston County, Nebraska; Monona County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2014, 2:19 PM CDT for Burt County, Thurston County, Nebraska; Monona County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 20, 2014, 4:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2014, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2014, 4:49 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 22, 2014, 10:25 AM CDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Monona County, IA, Burt County, NE, Thurston County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Decatur (DCTN1). The gauge peaked at 31.02 ft at Jun 20, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 33 ft
Minor stage: 35 ft
Moderate stage: 38 ft
Major stage: 41 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06601200, 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 18, 1:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 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 17, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cedar	51 min
Jun 17, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	37 min
Jun 17, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Cedar	30 min
Jun 17, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	32 min
Jun 17, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Cedar	40 min
Jun 17, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	35 min
Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Cedar	35 min
Jun 17, 9:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Cedar	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	37 min
Jun 17, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Cedar	34 min
Jun 17, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	35 min
Jun 17, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Cedar	37 min
Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Cedar	36 min
Jun 18, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Washington	6 days
Jun 18, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	6 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2014 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.