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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Aug 16, 2017, 8:47 AM CDT for Seward County, Nebraska. It took effect at Aug 17, 2017, 8:33 AM CDT. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2017, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 17, 2017, 8:33 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2017, 2:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 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 13:48 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 at Seward (SWRN1).
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 27 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06880500, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler, Dodge, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 8:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Burt | 112 min |
| Aug 15, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Dodge | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saunders | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 10:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Douglas, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Butler | 3 days |
| Aug 16, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Saline | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 6:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Platte, Saunders | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 48 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Seward | 72 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Seward | 5 days |
| Aug 16, 12:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Saunders | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Butler, Saunders | 24 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 24 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.