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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Omaha, NE

September 10, 2014Page County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Sep 10, 2014, 3:50 AM CDT for Page County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 10, 2014, 4:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 10, 2014, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 10, 2014, 4:48 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 11, 2014, 8:53 AM CDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Page County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nodaway River at Clarinda (ICLI4). The gauge peaked at 24.08 ft at Sep 10, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06817000, 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 10, 3:00 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 3:00 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 12:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 9, 11:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 10, 12:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 10, 1:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 10, 1:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 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
Sep 9, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Seward	25 min
Sep 9, 7:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington	3 hr
Sep 9, 7:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	3 hr
Sep 9, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage	43 min
Sep 9, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	110 min
Sep 9, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Seward	37 min
Sep 9, 7:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	3 hr
Sep 9, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	108 min
Sep 9, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass	29 min
Sep 10, 8:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	6 hr
Sep 10, 2:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Saunders	3 hr
Sep 9, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	42 min
Sep 9, 9:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	40 hr
Sep 9, 9:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	55 hr
Sep 9, 9:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	63 hr
Sep 10, 3:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	4 days

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.