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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Omaha, NE

September 8, 2015Cass County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Sep 8, 2015, 7:51 AM CDT for Cass County, Nebraska. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2015, 7:51 AM CDT (12:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2015, 1:24 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Cass County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Weeping Water Creek at Union (UION1). The gauge peaked at 25.91 ft at Sep 8, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06806500, 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 Sep 8, 6:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 6:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 5:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline48 min
Sep 7, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Lancaster, Saline45 min
Sep 7, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage53 min
Sep 7, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSeward45 min
Sep 7, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Johnson, Pawnee45 min
Sep 7, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson41 min
Sep 7, 9:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXJohnson4 hr
Sep 7, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha51 min
Sep 7, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha15 min
Sep 7, 10:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXNemaha4 hr
Sep 7, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha30 min
Sep 7, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXLancaster43 min
Sep 7, 11:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXLancaster38 min
Sep 7, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Otoe24 min
Sep 8, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe38 min
Sep 8, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha, Otoe24 min
Sep 8, 3:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBurt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Thurston42 min

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.