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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Omaha, NE

May 20, 2017Saline County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2017, 2:47 AM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 20, 2017, 3:21 AM CDT. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2017, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2017, 3:21 AM CDT
Expired: May 23, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 70 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 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Turkey Creek near Wilber (WLBN1).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12.5 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06881200, 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 May 19, 11:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 11:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 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
May 19, 11:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Butler, Platte	6 hr
May 20, 4:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	38 hr
May 20, 4:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	38 hr
May 20, 4:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	54 hr
May 20, 5:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Otoe	3 days
May 20, 5:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	64 hr
May 20, 6:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saline	48 hr
May 20, 7:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	24 hr
May 20, 8:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Saline	45 hr
May 20, 8:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	26 hr
May 20, 10:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Saline	24 hr
May 20, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy	42 hr
May 20, 1:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Jefferson	24 hr
May 20, 2:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Jefferson	12 hr
May 20, 12:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	44 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.