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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Omaha, NE

December 13, 2015Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Dec 13, 2015, 8:11 AM CST for Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It took effect at Dec 14, 2015, 6:12 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2015, 8:11 AM CST (14:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2015, 6:12 AM CST
Expired
Dec 15, 2015, 6:25 PM CST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Pottawattamie County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:13 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 West Nishnabotna River near Hancock (HNKI4).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06807410, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 8:07 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXNemaha41 hr
Dec 13, 9:24 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXOtoe4 days
Dec 13, 9:24 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXNemaha5 days
Dec 13, 9:24 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXRichardson5 days
Dec 12, 7:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMontgomery27 min
Dec 13, 8:11 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont3 days
Dec 13, 8:11 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont5 days
Dec 13, 8:11 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOAXMontgomery3 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.