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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Sep 1, 2014, 6:54 AM CDT for Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 1, 2014, 7:05 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2014, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2014, 7:05 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2014, 8:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Pottawattamie County, IA
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point West Nishnabotna River near Hancock (HNKI4). The gauge peaked at 16.43 ft at Sep 1, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06807410, 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 Sep 1, 6:27 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 6:27 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Otoe, Sarpy | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 7:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Burt | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Richardson | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 1:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Seward | 27 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 50 min |
| Aug 31, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 46 min |
| Aug 31, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 26 min |
| Aug 31, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 1:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Harrison | 26 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Harrison | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 47 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.