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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Omaha, NE

August 9, 2015Fremont County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Aug 9, 2015, 10:59 AM CDT for Fremont County, Iowa. It took effect at Aug 9, 2015, 5:21 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2015, 10:59 AM CDT (15:59 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 9, 2015, 5:21 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2015, 11:24 PM CDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Fremont County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nishnabotna River above Hamburg (HMBI4). The gauge peaked at 23.48 ft at Aug 9, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
27.5 ft
Major stage
33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06810000, 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 Aug 9, 3:39 AM CDT, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:39 AM CDT, 7 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 5:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 9, 6:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 9, 7:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXNemaha44 min
Aug 8, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha52 min
Aug 8, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha, Richardson33 min
Aug 8, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha28 min
Aug 8, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha27 min
Aug 8, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha35 min
Aug 8, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha, Richardson29 min
Aug 8, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha, Richardson45 min
Aug 8, 10:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson3 hr
Aug 8, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson29 min
Aug 8, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson18 min
Aug 8, 10:33 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXRichardson27 min
Aug 8, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson30 min
Aug 8, 11:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass51 min
Aug 9, 12:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXDouglas, Sarpy3 hr
Aug 9, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass40 min
Aug 9, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass47 min
Aug 9, 2:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXCass, Sarpy3 hr
Aug 9, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXKnox47 min
Aug 9, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Knox40 min
Aug 9, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox32 min
Aug 9, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXAntelope44 min
Aug 9, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXKnox36 min
Aug 9, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPierce43 min
Aug 9, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMadison38 min
Aug 9, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Madison, Pierce26 min
Aug 9, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMadison39 min
Aug 9, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone46 min
Aug 9, 6:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXAntelope, Madison3 hr
Aug 9, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMadison48 min
Aug 9, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXKnox50 min
Aug 9, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXAntelope, Madison3 hr
Aug 9, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone49 min
Aug 8, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXFremont46 min
Aug 8, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Page39 min
Aug 8, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery33 min
Aug 8, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMills40 min
Aug 9, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXFremont, Page50 min
Aug 9, 12:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXFremont3 hr
Aug 9, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXFremont, Page24 min
Aug 9, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXFremont50 min
Aug 9, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMills48 min
Aug 9, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPage30 min
Aug 9, 3:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXFremont, Page3 hr
Aug 9, 10:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont7 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.