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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Omaha, NE

June 18, 2016Dodge County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2016, 6:05 AM CDT for Dodge County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2016, 6:05 AM CDT (11:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2016, 6:07 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Dodge County, NE

The radar

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The river

Written for the forecast point Maple Creek near Nickerson (NKRN1). The gauge peaked at 14.78 ft at Jun 18, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11.5 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06800000, 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 Jun 18, 4:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 4:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
107 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

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

1150 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MEADOW GROVE            42.03N 97.74W
06/17/2016                   MADISON            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN

&&

DERGAN

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
115 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

NEZ044-045-051>053-066-067-180700-
DODGE NE-DOUGLAS NE-CASS NE-LANCASTER NE-WASHINGTON NE-SAUNDERS NE-
SARPY NE-
115 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CASS...WESTERN
DOUGLAS...SOUTHEASTERN DODGE...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN
LANCASTER...EASTERN SAUNDERS AND NORTHWESTERN SARPY COUNTIES UNTIL
200 AM CDT...

AT 114 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ARLINGTON TO 7 MILES
SOUTH OF WAHOO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHWESTERN OMAHA...FREMONT...WAHOO...GRETNA...ASHLAND...VALLEY...
ARLINGTON...YUTAN...WATERLOO...MEAD...INGLEWOOD...ELKHORN...
BENNINGTON...CERESCO...BOYS TOWN...WASHINGTON...ITHACA...MEMPHIS...
LESHARA AND TWO RIVERS STATE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 167.
 HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 429 AND 441.
 HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 82 AND 90...AND BETWEEN
MILEMARKERS 97 AND 113.
 HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 452 AND 466.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4121 9617 4115 9621 4110 9628 4108 9628
      4105 9632 4104 9635 4101 9635 4101 9646
      4104 9646 4105 9649 4105 9666 4107 9670
      4153 9644 4142 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 296DEG 10KT 4145 9633 4111 9658

BOUSTEAD

Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 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
Jun 17, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cedar, Knox	28 min
Jun 17, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce, Thurston, Wayne	49 min
Jun 17, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox	28 min
Jun 17, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce, Wayne	31 min
Jun 17, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Thurston, Wayne	30 min
Jun 17, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce, Wayne	47 min
Jun 17, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne	45 min
Jun 17, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	39 min
Jun 17, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Thurston, Wayne	28 min
Jun 17, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Stanton, Thurston and 1 more	32 min
Jun 17, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce, Platte	29 min
Jun 18, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Madison and 2 more	29 min
Jun 18, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Saunders	27 min
Jun 18, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	3 hr
Jun 18, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Douglas	45 min
Jun 18, 1:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington	3 hr
Jun 18, 2:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Colfax, Cuming, Stanton	2 hr
Jun 18, 4:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Dodge	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	24 hr
Jun 18, 10:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington	6 hr
Jun 18, 12:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	27 hr
Jun 18, 12:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Saunders	4 hr
Jun 18, 2:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	24 hr
Jun 18, 4:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Dodge	6 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.