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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Oct 1, 2014, 5:02 AM CDT for Saunders County, Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 1, 2014, 10:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2014, 5:02 AM CDT (10:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2014, 10:54 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Saunders County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Oct 1, 2:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 2:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 245 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 245 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 MAIN FOCUS IN THE FORECAST WILL DEAL WITH TIMING OF SEVERAL RAIN EVENTS THROUGH THURSDAY THEN TEMPERATURES AS COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. CONVECTION FROM LAST EVENING INTO EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN PRIMARILY FOCUSED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM PERSISTENT TRAINING OF CELLS IN THAT AREA HAD RESULTED IN ISSUANCE OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ON THE EVENING SHIFT. RECENT TREND ON RADAR HAS BEEN TOWARD DIMINISHING AREA OF MORE INTENSE CELLS IN THE LINCOLN AREA WITH A GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO THE NORTHEAST. SHORT RANGE MODELS SHOW THIS PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH 12Z WITH AXIS OF HEAVIER RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL IOWA AS UPPER WAVE MOVES INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. MOST OF THE CONVECTION IS THEN EAST OF THE AREA BY 18Z. PLAN TO CANCEL FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRIOR TO ZONE PACKAGE ISSUANCE. SURFACE FRONT INDICATED TO LINGER OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA HOWEVER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION DURING THAT TIME. SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK SHOWS SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA IN SLIGHT RISK BUT OTHER THAN THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY LIMITED FORCING INDICATED UNTIL TONIGHT. FOR NOW HAVE KEPT POPS ON THE LOW SIDE FOR THE PERIOD 18Z-06Z THEN BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER 06Z AS THE NEXT STRONG WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. POPS THEN REMAIN ON THE HIGH SIDE INTO THURSDAY AS COLD FRONT WORKS ACROSS THE AREA SUPPORTED BY DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE WEATHER WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY EVENING WITH SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MID MISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND PULL SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION FOR A TASTE OF FALL-LIKE WEATHER. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE CLOUDS AND PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL STAY EAST OF THE AREA WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY IMPACT FOR THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 245 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 COLDER AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA INTO SATURDAY BEFORE WARMER TEMPERATURES RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. SOME FROST POTENTIAL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE A DRY PERIOD IS EXPECTED WITH WARM DAYS AND COOL NIGHTS TYPICAL FOR EARLY OCTOBER. && .AVIATION...(06Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.) ISSUED AT 1213 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 IFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT KOFK...BUT BACK TO VFR BY 17Z. TSRA WILL AFFECT KOMA/KLNK THROUGH ABOUT 09Z...THEN SHOWERS AT KOMA TIL ABOUT 14-15Z. THEN MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT KLNK/KOMA...BACK TO VFR BY 17Z...AND COULD SEE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AT KLNK/KOMA BY 22Z-02Z. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...FOBERT LONG TERM...FOBERT AVIATION...DEWALD
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 1, 4:34 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 30, 11:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1130 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1011 PM HEAVY RAIN LINCOLN 40.82N 96.69W
09/30/2014 M3.90 INCH LANCASTER NE PUBLIC
AT 70TH AND A.
&&
VDEWALDLocal storm report, Sep 30, 11:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1140 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM HEAVY RAIN LINCOLN 40.82N 96.69W
09/30/2014 M4.25 INCH LANCASTER NE PUBLIC
AT 40TH AND OLD CHENEY.
&&
VDEWALDLocal storm report, Oct 1, 12:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1210 AM CDT WED OCT 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 AM HEAVY RAIN WAVERLY 40.91N 96.53W
10/01/2014 M2.50 INCH LANCASTER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
DFOBERTLocal storm report, Oct 1, 12:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1219 AM CDT WED OCT 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 AM HEAVY RAIN LINCOLN 40.82N 96.69W
10/01/2014 M3.90 INCH LANCASTER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
WASTEWATER PLANT
&&
DFOBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Cass, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Saline | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 10:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Cass, Gage, Johnson, Otoe | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Saline | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 25 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Cass | 39 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 118 min |
| Oct 1, 2:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 39 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 41 hr |
| Oct 1, 7:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Cass | 24 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Cass | 50 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Otoe | 57 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 4 days |
| Oct 1, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Richardson | 4 days |
| Oct 1, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 47 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 45 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 3 days |
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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.