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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Omaha, NE

June 4, 2015Saline County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2015, 8:41 AM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 4, 2015, 8:57 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2015, 8:41 AM CDT (13:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 4, 2015, 8:57 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 10, 2015, 10:51 AM CDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Saline County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Turkey Creek near Wilber (WLBN1).

Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
12.5 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06881200, 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 Jun 4, 6:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
414 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-042315-
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-
414 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY PERSIST OVER THE MAJORITY
OF THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS
THAT ANY SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL MOST LIKELY BE FOUND ALONG
AND SOUTH OF I-80.

IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT...ABUNDANT
ENVIRONMENTAL MOISTURE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING
STORMS...PARTICULARLY OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
IOWA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL VERY GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA WHEN A
DRIER...MORE STABLE AIR MASS FILTERS IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT
PUSHING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline32 min
Jun 4, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPawnee42 min
Jun 4, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPawnee34 min
Jun 4, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXRichardson33 min
Jun 4, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline, Seward43 min
Jun 4, 1:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPawnee28 min
Jun 4, 1:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXPawnee, Richardson3 hr
Jun 4, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXLancaster44 min
Jun 4, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXRichardson3 hr
Jun 4, 2:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXRichardson42 min
Jun 4, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline33 min
Jun 4, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson, Saline36 min
Jun 4, 6:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXJefferson, Saline31 min
Jun 4, 7:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXGage, Johnson, Otoe29 min
Jun 4, 7:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXGage42 min
Jun 4, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXNemaha, Otoe39 min
Jun 4, 8:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXGage, Jefferson46 min
Jun 4, 9:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXJefferson, Saline3 hr
Jun 4, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXGage, Pawnee44 min
Jun 4, 9:03 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXJohnson, Pawnee, Richardson3 hr
Jun 4, 10:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXLancaster35 hr
Jun 4, 10:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXRichardson67 hr
Jun 4, 12:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXNemaha45 hr
Jun 4, 1:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchOAXButler, Cass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson and 9 more17 hr
Jun 4, 2:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXGage5 days
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline45 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXGage, Lancaster, Saline, Seward4 hr
Jun 4, 4:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXRichardson64 hr
Jun 4, 5:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXJohnson3 hr
Jun 4, 6:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXNemaha, Pawnee, Richardson4 hr
Jun 4, 6:40 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOAXJefferson25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.