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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Omaha, NE

July 5, 2014Richardson County, Nebraska; Holt County, Missouri

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2014, 8:02 PM CDT for Richardson County, Nebraska; Holt County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 6, 2014, 10:08 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2014, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 6, 2014, 10:08 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 7, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Holt County, MO, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Rulo (RULN1).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06813500, 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, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
623 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 257 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

OVERNIGHT MCS HAS DISSIPATED OVER NORTHERN MO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM THE SKIES HAVE STARTED TO
CLEAR AND A RAPID DESTABILIZATION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY OVER THE
FA WITH THE LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS INDICATING AROUND 2500-3500
J/KG OF MLCAPE PRESENT OVER A GOOD PART OF THE AREA. THUS
CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT IS THE FIRST CONCERN THIS EVENING.
ALTHOUGH SUBTLE...A WEAK OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS STILL EVIDENT OVER
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO NE KS FROM THE OVERNIGHT MCS WITH SOME
CONVERGENCE NOTED. EARLY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO
INDICATED THAT A WEAK VORT LOBE LOCATED OVER SE NEB. THE
COMBINATION OF THESE TWO FACTORS COULD LEAD TO ISO TSRA DEVELOPING
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AFTER CONTD INSULATION. THIS IS INDICATED IN
BOTH THE RAP/HRRR. ALTHOUGH THIS SCENARIO IS POSSIBLE THE CHANCES
STILL REMAIN PRETTY LOW AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING WILL BE SHIFTING
OUT OF THE AREA AS MID-LEVEL HEIGHT RISES SHIFT SEWD ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION WITH CONTD HEATING THE LOW-LEVEL
BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY CONT TO WASH OUT LIMITING CONVERGENCE. WILL
HAVE SOME SCHC POPS IN SE NEB/SW IA IN CASE ANYTHING DOES DVLP.

OTHERWISE WE SHOULD SEE A DRY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM WHICH
IS CURRENTLY MOVG ACRS SRN ALBERTA. THIS IS EXPECTED TO DIVE INTO
THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON SUN AND ALLOW FOR A CDFNT TO SHIFT SEWD
INTO THE FA THRU THE DAY. IT STILL APPEARS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR INTO THE 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES
CLIMBING TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN 100. CONVECTIVE CHANCES
ALONG THE BOUNDARY STILL SEEM SLIM WITH THE LARGE-SCALE ASCENT
MISSING THE CWA TO THE NORTH...INCREASING MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES
AND WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY. NEVERTHELESS WE STILL
MAY SEE AN ISO TSRA DVLP/MOV INTO THE AREA FM THE WEST DURING THE
EVENING IF SOMETHING CAN DEVELOP IN AREA AN AREA OF DEEP SFC
MIXING OVER CNTRL NEB.

THE NEXT MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL COME ON MON AFTN
INTO MON EVENING AS STRONGER HEIGHT FALLS MOVE INTO SD/NEB
ASSOCIATED WITH A 80 KT H3 JET. THE SUN BOUNDARY LOOKS TO SETTLE
INTO NRN KS BEFORE RETURNING ON MON AS WAA INCREASES. THIS SHOULD
ALLOW FOR MODERATE INSTABILITY TO DEVELOP WITH MLCAPE OF
1500-2500 J/KG LIKELY BY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO
DEVELOP MON AFTERNOON AHEAD THE BOUNDARIES AS THE MID-LEVEL
TEMPERATURES COOL AND LARGE-SCALE FORCING INCREASES. GIVEN THE
STRONGER MID-LEVEL FLOW AN ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM EVENT STILL
APPEARS POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH THE INSTABILITY ISN'T PROGGED AS
STRONG AS PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONT INTO
MONDAY NIGHT EXITING BY TUE MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN CWA.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 257 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL THEN AGAIN SETTLE INTO THE CWA FOR
TUE AND TUE NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE MID MO RIVER
VALLEY. GLOBAL MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THOUGH THAT
RETURN FLOW WILL GET STARTED ON WED NIGHT WITH THE CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN INCREASING IN THIS PATTERN TOWARD THE
END OF THE WORK WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE AS
THE MID-LEVEL HEIGHTS BUILD BACK TO END THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...(00Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 616 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

FORECAST CONCERNS TONIGHT WILL BE FOG POTENTIAL AS THE STORMS ARE
FORECAST TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE TAF SITES TONIGHT. FOR NOW WILL
INCLUDE MVFR VISIBILITIES WITH FOG WITH HIGH DEWPOINTS...LOW
SURFACE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS...AND NEARLY CALM/LIGHT WINDS.
SUNDAY...THERE IS A WIND SHIFT COMING THROUGH AND DID SHIFT
SURFACE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST. DID NOT
MENTION PRECIPTATION WITH WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER
WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS AS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND
DEWPOINTS POOLING ALONG THE FRONT...ISOLATED STORMS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT DURING PEAK HEATING AT KOMA AND KLNK.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...BOUSTEAD
LONG TERM...BOUSTEAD
AVIATION...ZAPOTOCNY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 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, 7:30 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont38 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.