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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Omaha, NE

May 7, 2015Gage County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2015, 12:58 AM CDT for Gage County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 7, 2015, 10:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 71 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2015, 12:58 AM CDT (05:58 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2015, 10:35 PM CDT
Expired: May 10, 2015, 9:22 PM CDT
In force: 71 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Gage County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Blue River near Barneston (BARN1). The gauge peaked at 27.78 ft at May 8, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06882000, 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 May 7, 12:38 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 12:38 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:33 PM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
533 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

NEZ065-066-078-088-089-071245-
SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
533 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY DAYBREAK
THURSDAY.

THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER LATER THURSDAY MORNING AND
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL STRONG AND POSSIBLY
SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. MORE STORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED YET TONIGHT.

NEZ016-017-030>034-042>045-050>053-067-068-090>093-071245-
ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-
DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE-JOHNSON-
NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
533 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STORMS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY
MORNING.

THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER LATER THURSDAY MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE
STORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION...MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. MORE STORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED YET TONIGHT.

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015-018-071245-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-WAYNE-
533 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. STORMS
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING.

THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER LATER THURSDAY MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE
STORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION...MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. MORE STORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

DEWALD

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 12:07 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1207 AM CDT THU MAY 07 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SWANTON                 40.38N 97.08W
05/07/2015  M8.97 INCH       SALINE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CZAPOTOC

Local storm report, May 7, 12:08 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1208 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1207 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WILBER                  40.48N 96.96W
05/07/2015                   SALINE             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A NUMBER OF STREETS CLOSED IN WILBER.
            HIGHWAY 103 AND HIGHWAY 41 ARE CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING. ONE PERSON RESCUED FROM A STALLED
            VEHICLE.

&&

NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, May 7, 12:10 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1210 AM CDT THU MAY 07 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WILBER                  40.48N 96.96W
05/07/2015                   SALINE             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A NUMBER OF STREETS PLUS HIGHWAY 103 NORTH AND HIGHWAY 41
            EAST ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ONE PERSON WAS RESCUED
            FROM A STALLED VEHICLE.

&&

CZAPOTOC

Special weather statement, May 7, 12:42 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 12:56 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 7, 12:56 AM CDT, 2 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
May 6, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saline	41 min
May 6, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Jefferson	25 min
May 6, 7:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OAX	Butler, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward	8 hr
May 6, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward	50 min
May 6, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Jefferson	32 min
May 6, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Saline	11 min
May 6, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Lancaster	27 min
May 6, 8:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	4 hr
May 6, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saline	49 min
May 6, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	44 min
May 6, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saunders	52 min
May 6, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Lancaster	28 min
May 6, 9:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Gage, Lancaster, Saline, Seward	3 hr
May 6, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	40 min
May 6, 9:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Lancaster, Saline, Seward	3 hr
May 6, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	39 min
May 6, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Lancaster	23 min
May 6, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Gage, Lancaster	24 min
May 6, 10:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	37 min
May 6, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Gage, Lancaster, Otoe	30 min
May 6, 11:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saline	63 hr
May 6, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	39 min
May 6, 11:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders	3 hr
May 6, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage, Lancaster, Saline	35 min
May 6, 11:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster	30 hr
May 7, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Otoe, Sarpy	43 min
May 7, 12:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	45 hr
May 7, 12:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster	32 hr
May 7, 12:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	47 hr
May 7, 12:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline, Seward	7 hr
May 7, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Seward	33 min
May 7, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass, Otoe	34 min
May 7, 12:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Gage	4 days
May 7, 1:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Jefferson	71 hr
May 7, 1:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Saunders	6 hr
May 7, 2:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward	6 hr
May 7, 2:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders	6 hr
May 7, 4:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saline	4 days
May 7, 4:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	61 hr
May 7, 5:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	6 hr
May 7, 7:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	7 days
May 7, 7:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline	12 hr
May 7, 8:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward	9 hr
May 7, 8:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders	5 hr
May 7, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Otoe	50 hr
May 7, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	61 hr
May 7, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Richardson	66 hr
May 7, 10:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	54 hr
May 7, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Johnson	17 min
May 7, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Johnson	28 min
May 7, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage	48 min
May 7, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	25 min
May 7, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Nemaha	32 min
May 7, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage	41 min
May 7, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Nemaha	33 min
May 7, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pawnee	53 min
May 7, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	16 min
May 7, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage, Pawnee	40 min
May 7, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson	17 min
May 7, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pawnee, Richardson	35 min
May 7, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Otoe	46 min
May 7, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Mills	44 min
May 7, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Montgomery	50 min
May 7, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Pottawattamie	34 min

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.