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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Omaha, NE

June 15, 2015Saline County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 15, 2015, 6:29 AM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 15, 2015, 8:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2015, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 15, 2015, 8:51 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 18, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
3 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 11:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 15, 3:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
500 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-160000-
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-
500 AM CDT MON JUN 15 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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED FROM THIS ACTIVITY.
SOME AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BIG BLUE RIVER IN SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA...AND ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR RULO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN IN OR NEAR THE AREA
THURSDAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXDouglas2 hr
Jun 15, 6:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXLancaster, Saline, Seward4 hr
Jun 15, 8:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Saline9 hr
Jun 15, 8:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXGage3 days
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXNemaha66 hr
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXRichardson4 days
Jun 15, 10:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXMontgomery43 hr
Jun 15, 1:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont42 hr
Jun 15, 2:38 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXFremont21 hr
Jun 15, 3:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont62 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.