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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Omaha, NE

May 27, 2016Nemaha County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2016, 3:51 AM CDT for Nemaha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2016, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Nemaha County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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 Little Nemaha River near Auburn (ABRN1). The gauge peaked at 23.01 ft at May 27, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06811500, 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 27, 3:50 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:50 AM CDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 6:49 PM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
649 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

IAZ043-055-056-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065-
271400-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-
BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-
649 PM CDT THU MAY 26 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 FRIDAY

A FEW STRONG STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION.
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

DRIER WEATHER MAY TEMPORARILY ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
WITH THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING NEXT WEEK. SEVERE
WEATHER POTENTIAL APPEARS LOW AT THIS POINT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.

IAZ069-079-080-090-091-NEZ066>068-078-088>093-271400-
POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-
SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
649 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA
AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AS OF EARLY EVENING.
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
AREA FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL
FLOODING. A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE TRACKS THROUGH THE
REGION. FLOODING WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

DRIER WEATHER MAY TEMPORARILY ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
WITH THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING NEXT WEEK. SEVERE
WEATHER POTENTIAL APPEARS LOW AT THIS POINT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 3:32 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
332 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

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

0234 PM     HAIL             2 E DENTON              40.74N 96.81W
05/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   STORM CHASER

            56TH STREET AND DENTON

0245 PM     HAIL             1 N FARRAGUT            40.73N 95.48W
05/26/2016  M1.00 INCH       FREMONT            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0302 PM     HAIL             7 S FRIEND              40.55N 97.28W
05/26/2016  E0.75 INCH       SALINE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0303 PM     HAIL             NEBRASKA CITY           40.68N 95.86W
05/26/2016  E0.75 INCH       OTOE               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0313 PM     FLOOD            3 S LINCOLN             40.77N 96.69W
05/26/2016                   LANCASTER          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 77.

0325 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LINCOLN                 40.82N 96.69W
05/26/2016                   LANCASTER          NE   AMATEUR RADIO

            THREE INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER ROAD ON 56TH STREET
            SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2

0339 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LINCOLN                 40.82N 96.69W
05/26/2016                   LANCASTER          NE   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MANY INTERSECTIONS IN SOUTHEAST LINCOLN FLOODED AND
            IMPASSIBLE.

0354 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CRETE                   40.63N 96.96W
05/26/2016                   SALINE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS IN CRETE.

0408 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LINCOLN                 40.82N 96.69W
05/26/2016                   LANCASTER          NE   BROADCAST MEDIA

            48TH AND CORNHUSKER IS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING.

0503 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     BROCK                   40.48N 95.96W
05/26/2016                   NEMAHA             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD DEVELOPED BUT HAS SINCE DISSIPATED.

0511 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S SYRACUSE            40.59N 96.18W
05/26/2016                   OTOE               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER OVER HIGHWAY 50...6 TO 12 INCHES DEEP.

0548 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NNW ROCA              40.71N 96.71W
05/26/2016                   LANCASTER          NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DEBRIS AND WATER OVER HIGHWAY 77. NO CARS BEING ALLOWED
            THROUGH. RELAYED THROUGH BROADCAST MEDIA.

0622 PM     FLASH FLOOD      UNION                   40.81N 95.92W
05/26/2016                   CASS               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS STREETS AND ROADS HAD WATER OVER THEM
            PREVIUOSLY. CURRENTLY ROAD A AND 24TH IS THE ONLY AREA
            THAT HAS HIGH WATER.

0636 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S THURMAN             40.74N 95.77W
05/26/2016                   FREMONT            IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODED ROAD ALONG 220TH AVENUE NEAR PERCIVAL.

0636 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TABOR                   40.89N 95.67W
05/26/2016                   FREMONT            IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODED ROAD ALONG GREEN HOLLOW ROAD.

0652 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SYRACUSE                40.66N 96.18W
05/26/2016                   OTOE               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS STREETS WITH WATER OVER THE ROADWAY...WATER WAS
            UP TO 2 FEET DEEP EARLIER.

0800 PM     HEAVY RAIN       DORCHESTER              40.65N 97.11W
05/26/2016  M2.30 INCH       SALINE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

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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 26, 7:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	27 hr
May 26, 8:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	5 days
May 26, 8:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Richardson	5 days
May 27, 12:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	3 hr
May 27, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Johnson	26 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saline	47 min
May 26, 7:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	64 hr
May 27, 2:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	31 hr
May 27, 6:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	25 hr
May 27, 3:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.