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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Omaha, NE

July 5, 2014Montgomery County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2014, 9:23 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 5, 2014, 12:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2014, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2014, 12:12 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2014, 7:37 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Montgomery County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Nishnabotna River at Red Oak (RDOI4). The gauge peaked at 17.47 ft at Jul 5, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06809500, 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 Jul 5, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:31 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:20 AM CDT, 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
Jul 5, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Knox	59 min
Jul 5, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Knox	12 min
Jul 5, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Knox	51 min
Jul 5, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Burt	55 min
Jul 5, 2:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Thurston	39 min
Jul 5, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Burt	46 min
Jul 5, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Thurston	56 min
Jul 5, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Burt, Washington	49 min
Jul 5, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Washington	52 min
Jul 5, 3:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cedar	5 hr
Jul 5, 3:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Burt, Thurston	5 hr
Jul 5, 6:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Otoe	3 hr
Jul 5, 7:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Cedar	6 hr
Jul 5, 5:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	54 hr
Jul 5, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Monona	25 min
Jul 5, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Shelby	45 min
Jul 5, 4:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie, Shelby	21 min
Jul 5, 4:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Monona	5 hr
Jul 5, 5:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Montgomery, Page	40 min
Jul 5, 6:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Pottawattamie	3 hr
Jul 5, 6:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Montgomery	3 hr
Jul 5, 7:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Mills, Montgomery	5 hr
Jul 5, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery	40 hr
Jul 5, 12:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Mills, Montgomery	5 hr
Jul 5, 3:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie	6 hr
Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	9 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.