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River Flood Warning 72, NWS Omaha, NE

December 14, 2015Fremont County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Dec 14, 2015, 1:47 AM CST for Fremont County, Iowa. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2015, 1:47 AM CST (07:47 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2015, 9:43 PM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Fremont County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11:09 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 11:09 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 5:23 PM CST, 8 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
523 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-141330-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
523 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

RAIN MAY MIX WITH LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER PARTS OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST IOWA. ANY
ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE LIGHT AND MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES.

THE WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO GENERALLY
MINOR RIVER FLOODING OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AS
WELL AS SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE PERIOD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS LATER MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY. SNOW IS LIKELY ON TUESDAY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
SWEEPING ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA
TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE EXITING THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. A FEW INCHES
OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITH
MINOR ACCUMULATIONS AS FAR SOUTHEAST AS INTERSTATE 80.

RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AS WELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE TONIGHT OR MONDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 14, 1:34 AM CST, 13 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 14, 8:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	29 hr
Dec 14, 8:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	40 hr
Dec 14, 9:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	24 hr
Dec 14, 9:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	3 days
Dec 14, 3:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	24 hr
Dec 14, 8:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Page	24 hr
Dec 14, 8:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	70 hr
Dec 14, 8:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OAX	Harrison	44 hr

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.