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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Omaha, NE
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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Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 38 hr |
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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.