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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Omaha, NE

September 1, 2014Fremont County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Sep 1, 2014, 2:28 PM CDT for Fremont County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 2, 2014, 12:46 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 1, 2014, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 2, 2014, 12:46 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 3, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Fremont County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Nishnabotna River near Randolph (RDPI4).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 19 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 06808500, 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, 12:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 12:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 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
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, 6:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	14 hr
Sep 1, 1:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Harrison	6 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.