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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2016, 4:14 AM CDT for Seward County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 11, 2016, 11:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2016, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2016, 11:24 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2016, 9:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Seward County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Lincoln Creek near Seward (SWDN1).
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06880000, 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 10, 11:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 11:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1145 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1145 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT... WITH COVERAGE INCREASING ESPECIALLY AFTER 08Z. IMPULSE OUT TO OUR WEST WILL MOVE EAST THE REST OF THE NIGHT. STRONGEST STORMS MOST LIKELY ACROSS KANSAS AND POSSIBLY INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. && .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 343 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS CONVECTION TONIGHT. EARLY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES POTENT MID LEVEL CYCLONE OVER ERN MT. THIS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EWD OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND ALLOW AN ATTENDANT COLD FRONT TO SWEEP THROUGH THE FA. LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE WRN CWA CONTS TO DESTABILIZE WITH AROUND 500-1000 J/KG. REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC INDICATES THAT SCT TSRA ARE DVLPG ALNG THE COLD FRONT FROM S-CTNRL SD INTO CNTRL NEB. SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THESE TSRA WILL SHIFT EWD THIS EVNG INTO OUR WRN FA. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS MARGINAL AROUND 30 KT AND INSTABILITY DECREASES WITH EWD EXTEND...BUT APPEARS SUFFICIENT FOR SOME ORGANIZATION TO THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME MARGINAL WIND AND HAIL THREAT. THIS INITIAL DIURNALLY DRIVEN ACTIVITY MAY WEAKEN DURING THE MID EVNG AS WE LOSE INSOLATION...BUT LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL BE INCREASING BEHIND THE SFC BOUNDARY AND SHOULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW ISO TSRA OVERNIGHT REACHING SOUTHWEST AROUND 12Z. GENERALLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY BE OVER AN INCH IN A GOOD PART OF ERN NEB...ESPECIALLY IN A BAND FROM AROUND LCG TO OLU AND SOUTH TO LNK. THIS LIKELY WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THE AREA RIVERS THAT ARE RUNNING HIGH OR IN MINOR FLOOD...BUT RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LESS THAN LAST NIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY SIGNIFICANT LIMIT FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL...AND GIVEN THE OVERALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY NOT LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS. THIS COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP WILL TEND TO LINGER IN SOUTHWEST IA THROUGH 15Z...BUT ONCE THIS PUSHES TO THE EAST WE WILL LIKELY SEE A DRY PERIOD FOR THE REST OF WED INTO FRIDAY. WITH NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOV THROUGH ON FRIDAY AND WILL INCLUDE A SCHC POP FOR A FEW SHOWERS. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 343 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 THE WEST NORTHWEST FLOW WILL REMAIN THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE EXTNDD FORECAST. A SYSTEM DOES MOV INTO THE WESTERN US LATE IN THE WEEK AND MOVS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT MUCH OF THE PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF OUR FA WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE AND A DRY NERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. TEMPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL BE PRETTY COOL WITH SOME FROST EVEN POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN CWA WITH TMPS IN THE MID 30S. SOME MODERATION IN TEMPS IS EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HEIGHTS BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. && .AVIATION...(06Z TAFS FOR KOMA...KLNK...KOFK THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 1145 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT WITH CEILINGS DROPPING INTO THE MVFR RANGE...AND PROBABLY TO IFR AT LEAST BRIEFLY IN THUNDERSTORMS. COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. CEILINGS SHOULD IMPROVE AS IMPULSE AND LIFT MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && UPDATE...MILLER SHORT TERM...BOUSTEAD LONG TERM...BOUSTEAD AVIATION...MILLER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 4:45 PM CDT, 11 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 445 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-111145- 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- 445 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016 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 WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ALONG A COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE PRIMARILY THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A FEW STORMS MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND COULD LINGER IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. FOBERT
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
344 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 AM HAIL OMAHA 41.26N 96.01W
05/11/2016 M1.00 INCH DOUGLAS NE TRAINED SPOTTER
114TH AND MAPLE STREET.
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CZAPOTOCLocal storm report, May 11, 3:45 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
345 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 AM TSTM WND GST OMAHA 41.26N 96.01W
05/11/2016 E60 MPH DOUGLAS NE TRAINED SPOTTER
114TH AND MAPLE ST. ESTIMATED WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH.
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CZAPOTOCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Platte | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Colfax, Platte | 47 min |
| May 10, 9:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Platte | 3 hr |
| May 10, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Jefferson, Saline, Seward | 43 min |
| May 10, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler, Lancaster, Saline, Seward | 28 min |
| May 10, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Saunders | 35 min |
| May 10, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Dodge, Saunders | 17 min |
| May 10, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Lancaster | 31 min |
| May 11, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass | 46 min |
| May 11, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler | 35 min |
| May 11, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Sarpy | 34 min |
| May 11, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler | 34 min |
| May 11, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Sarpy | 17 min |
| May 11, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 37 min |
| May 11, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 32 min |
| May 11, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saunders | 29 min |
| May 11, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saunders | 49 min |
| May 11, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 48 min |
| May 11, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas | 29 min |
| May 11, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas | 17 min |
| May 11, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 25 min |
| May 11, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Washington | 33 min |
| May 11, 4:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 47 hr |
| May 11, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 3 hr |
| May 11, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas | 37 min |
| May 11, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Johnson, Richardson | 33 min |
| May 11, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Otoe | 38 min |
| May 11, 6:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 20 hr |
| May 11, 9:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Otoe | 4 days |
| May 11, 9:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 24 hr |
| May 11, 1:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Cass | 4 days |
| May 11, 12:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 12 hr |
| May 11, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 48 min |
| May 11, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 24 hr |
| May 11, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 24 hr |
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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.