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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Omaha, NE

June 11, 2015Dodge County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 11, 2015, 7:21 PM CDT for Dodge County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 11, 2015, 9:27 PM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2015, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 11, 2015, 9:27 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 13, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Dodge County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Maple Creek near Nickerson (NKRN1). The gauge peaked at 12.21 ft at Jun 11, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11.5 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06800000, 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 11, 6:42 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:42 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 6:54 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
327 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2015

IAZ090-091-112100-
FREMONT IA-PAGE IA-
327 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PAGE AND
SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 327 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIVERTON...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHBORO.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA.

LAT...LON 4058 9529 4058 9556 4062 9558 4069 9536
      4066 9530 4061 9527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 252DEG 20KT 4059 9550

MAYES

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
337 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2015

NEZ093-112100-
RICHARDSON NE-
337 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN RICHARDSON COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 337 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF FALLS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
RICHARDSON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4011 9556 4018 9561 4025 9548 4023 9547
      4020 9548 4018 9548 4017 9546 4016 9543
      4014 9543 4013 9542 4013 9541 4012 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 250DEG 19KT 4017 9553

MAYES

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
400 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2015

IAZ091-112145-
PAGE IA-
400 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PAGE COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...

AT 359 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
COIN...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF TARKIO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARINDA...COIN...COLLEGE SPRINGS...SHAMBAUGH...BRADDYVILLE...
NORTHBORO AND BLANCHARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA.

LAT...LON 4057 9492 4058 9531 4059 9531 4067 9535
      4068 9533 4079 9493 4073 9493 4073 9491
      4058 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 250DEG 19KT 4059 9519

MAYES

Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 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
Jun 11, 8:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Fremont	12 hr
Jun 11, 9:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Page	9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2015 Every 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.