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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Omaha, NE

December 13, 2015Nemaha County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Dec 13, 2015, 8:07 AM CST for Nemaha County, Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 13, 2015, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2015, 8:07 AM CST (14:07 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 13, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 15, 2015, 1:20 AM CST
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Nemaha County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Nemaha River near Auburn (ABRN1). The gauge peaked at 21.20 ft at Dec 14, 2015, 6:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06811500, 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 Dec 13, 6:12 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 6:12 AM CST, 1 hour 55 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
Dec 13, 9:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Otoe	4 days
Dec 13, 9:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	5 days
Dec 13, 9:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Richardson	5 days
Dec 12, 7:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Montgomery	27 min
Dec 13, 8:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	58 hr
Dec 13, 8:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	3 days
Dec 13, 8:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	5 days
Dec 13, 8:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	3 days

Nearby

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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.