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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Omaha, NE

August 16, 2017Saunders County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Aug 16, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT for Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Saunders County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wahoo Creek at Wahoo (WOON1).

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06803960, 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 Aug 16, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 3:39 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 10:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 1:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 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
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	Seward	3 days
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

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2017 Every 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.