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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Omaha, NE

July 13, 2017Saline County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jul 13, 2017, 7:25 AM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jul 14, 2017, 10:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2017, 7:25 AM CDT (12:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 14, 2017, 10:45 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2017, 1:37 PM CDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Saline County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Big Blue River near Crete (CRTN1). The gauge peaked at 17.07 ft at Jul 14, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06881000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 5:08 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXSeward3 hr
Jul 13, 5:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSeward42 hr
Jul 13, 7:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSeward61 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.