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River Flood Warning 67, NWS Omaha, NE

December 13, 2015Fremont County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Dec 13, 2015, 8:11 AM CST for Fremont County, Iowa. It took effect at Dec 14, 2015, 3:10 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

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, 3:10 AM CST
Expired: Dec 18, 2015, 4:21 AM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Fremont County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 90 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 river

Written for the forecast point Nishnabotna River above Hamburg (HMBI4). The gauge peaked at 27.24 ft at Dec 15, 2015, 8:00 PM CST.

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 Dec 13, 6:12 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 6:12 AM CST, 1 hour 59 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, 8:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	41 hr
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	Montgomery	3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.