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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Omaha, NE

July 5, 2014Nemaha County, Nebraska; Atchison County, Missouri

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2014, 5:14 PM CDT for Nemaha County, Nebraska; Atchison County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 5, 2014, 10:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2014, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2014, 10:30 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 7, 2014, 11:29 PM CDT
In force
49 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Atchison County, MO, Nemaha County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Brownville (BRON1).

Action stage
33 ft
Minor stage
34 ft
Moderate stage
38.5 ft
Major stage
43 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06810070, 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, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
500 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-061200-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
500 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL POP UP SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 THIS EVENING.

MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST
IOWA IN THE NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASIN.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES
COULD REACH 95 TO 103.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS A NEW FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST NEXT THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.

DEWALD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 5, 1:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
149 PM CDT SAT JUL 05 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 NNW WISNER            42.05N 96.95W
06/16/2014                   CUMING             NE   NWS STORM SURVEY

            WATER HAD BEEN OVER THE ROAD. CORNSTALKS WASHED FROM
            FIELD ONTO EDGE OF ROAD. STILL SOME WATER ON ROAD THE
            NEXT DAY AT LOCATION 5.5 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WISNER.
            TIME ESTIMATED. SENDING OF REPORT WAS DELAYED.

&&

MILLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXKnox59 min
Jul 5, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXKnox12 min
Jul 5, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox51 min
Jul 5, 1:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBurt55 min
Jul 5, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXThurston39 min
Jul 5, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBurt46 min
Jul 5, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXThurston56 min
Jul 5, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBurt, Washington49 min
Jul 5, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Washington52 min
Jul 5, 3:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXCedar5 hr
Jul 5, 3:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXBurt, Thurston5 hr
Jul 5, 6:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXOtoe3 hr
Jul 5, 7:36 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXCedar6 hr
Jul 5, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMonona25 min
Jul 5, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby45 min
Jul 5, 4:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie, Shelby21 min
Jul 5, 4:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXMonona5 hr
Jul 5, 5:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMontgomery, Page40 min
Jul 5, 6:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXPottawattamie3 hr
Jul 5, 6:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXMontgomery3 hr
Jul 5, 7:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXMills, Montgomery5 hr
Jul 5, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXMontgomery22 hr
Jul 5, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont, Montgomery40 hr
Jul 5, 12:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXMills, Montgomery5 hr
Jul 5, 3:50 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXFremont, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie6 hr
Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXFremont9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2014River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2014Every 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.