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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Aug 20, 2017, 7:42 AM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It took effect at Aug 20, 2017, 10:57 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2017, 7:42 AM CDT (12:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 20, 2017, 10:57 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2017, 6:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 12:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Big Blue River near Crete (CRTN1).
- 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.
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 20, 5:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 5:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 345 PM CDT Sat Aug 19 2017 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-201045- Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont- Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison- Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler- Saunders-Douglas-Sarpy-Seward-Lancaster-Cass-Otoe-Saline- Jefferson-Gage-Johnson-Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson- 345 PM CDT Sat Aug 19 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for parts of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. .DAY ONE...tonight and Sunday. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to move into the area this evening and tonight. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms in much of eastern Nebraska, where large hail and damaging winds are possible. In western Iowa, storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. There is also a risk of heavy rain in some of the storms. Thunderstorm chances will linger into Sunday. At this time, the chance of severe storms is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday night through Saturday. Thunderstorm chances will linger in the forecast from Sunday night into Tuesday morning. Isolated severe thunderstorms will be possible on Sunday evening into Sunday night, along with heavy rain. It appears that the potential for severe storms and heavy rain will be higher from Monday evening into Monday night. Much of the mid part of the week from Tuesday night into Friday should be dry, but thunderstorm chances return by Friday night. ..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected to be needed tonight or Sunday.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 4:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Boone | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone, Madison, Platte | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Colfax | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Colfax, Dodge, Saunders | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 11:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Lancaster, Platte, Saline, Saunders and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Seward | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Seward | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 4:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Seward | 23 min |
| Aug 20, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Lancaster | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 5:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 6:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saunders | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 7:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Seward | 12 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Butler | 41 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Seward | 35 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Seward | 3 days |
| Aug 20, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Sarpy | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy, Saunders | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 8:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 22 min |
| Aug 20, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 10:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 11:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Mills | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 53 min |
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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.