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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Omaha, NE

June 15, 2015Richardson County, Nebraska; Holt County, Missouri

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 15, 2015, 2:35 PM CDT for Richardson County, Nebraska; Holt County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 15, 2015, 11:19 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2015, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 15, 2015, 11:19 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Holt County, MO, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Rulo (RULN1). The gauge peaked at 20.20 ft at Jun 16, 2015, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06813500, 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, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 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 14, 11:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Douglas	2 hr
Jun 15, 6:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster, Saline, Seward	4 hr
Jun 15, 6:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saline	3 days
Jun 15, 8:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	9 hr
Jun 15, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Gage	3 days
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	66 hr
Jun 15, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	43 hr
Jun 15, 1:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	42 hr
Jun 15, 2:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	21 hr
Jun 15, 3:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	62 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2015 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.