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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Omaha, NE

August 17, 2017Saunders County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Aug 17, 2017, 12:23 AM CDT for Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2017, 12:23 AM CDT (05:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2017, 7:48 PM CDT
In force
19 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 05:26 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 Wahoo Creek at Ithaca (ITHN1). The gauge peaked at 19.73 ft at Aug 17, 2017, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
20.5 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06804000, 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, 6:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 6:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 3:39 PM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 7:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXButler, Colfax6 hr
Aug 17, 3:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXButler3 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.