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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Omaha, NE

June 26, 2018Washington County, Nebraska; Harrison County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 26, 2018, 10:29 AM CDT for Washington County, Nebraska; Harrison County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 27, 2018, 12:15 AM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2018, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 27, 2018, 12:15 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 29, 2018, 3:21 PM CDT
In force: 63 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Harrison County, IA, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River near Blair (BLAN1).

Action stage: 23.5 ft
Minor stage: 26.5 ft
Moderate stage: 28.5 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06609100, 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 Jun 26, 5:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 5:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:04 AM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:40 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:46 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:58 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:04 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:06 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1006 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 S BEEMER              41.87N 96.80W
06/26/2018  M3.59 INCH       CUMING             NE   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL.

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:10 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1010 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       RANDOLPH                42.38N 97.35W
06/26/2018  M3.25 INCH       CEDAR              NE   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 7:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Dodge	3 hr
Jun 25, 7:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	3 hr
Jun 25, 8:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Thurston, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 25, 8:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Wayne	6 hr
Jun 25, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	56 hr
Jun 25, 9:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Platte	12 hr
Jun 25, 9:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Thurston	24 hr
Jun 25, 11:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Butler, Polk, Seward	16 hr
Jun 26, 1:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cuming, Wayne	8 hr
Jun 26, 6:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	4 hr
Jun 26, 10:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Madison and 6 more	9 hr
Jun 26, 10:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	3 days
Jun 26, 10:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cuming	33 hr
Jun 26, 3:30 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Dodge and 17 more	3 days
Jun 26, 4:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Colfax	12 hr
Jun 26, 6:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Madison, Platte and 5 more	12 hr
Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Shelby	38 min
Jun 25, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Montgomery, Page	31 min
Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	25 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2018 River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

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.