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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Omaha, NE

July 1, 2018Butler County, Polk County, Seward County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jul 1, 2018, 8:41 AM CDT for Butler County, Polk County, Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2018, 8:41 AM CDT (13:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2018, 8:42 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Butler County, NE, Polk County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Blue River at Surprise (SRPN1).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06879900, 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 Jul 1, 6:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:47 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 8:26 AM CDT, 15 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
Jun 30, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Seward	42 min
Jun 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders	23 min
Jun 30, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Saunders, Seward	31 min
Jun 30, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	25 min
Jun 30, 7:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	3 hr
Jun 30, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy, Saunders	32 min
Jun 30, 7:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	5 hr
Jun 30, 7:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Saline	4 hr
Jun 30, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saunders	33 min
Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	28 min
Jun 30, 7:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Douglas	4 hr
Jun 30, 7:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	4 hr
Jun 30, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Washington	32 min
Jun 30, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Pawnee	64 min
Jun 30, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Boone	24 min
Jun 30, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Platte	28 min
Jul 1, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Seward	29 min
Jul 1, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson, Saline, Seward	24 min
Jul 1, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Platte, Seward	31 min
Jul 1, 12:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	5 hr
Jul 1, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline	13 min
Jul 1, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward	36 min
Jul 1, 12:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saunders	31 min
Jul 1, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saunders	26 min
Jul 1, 2:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders and 1 more	26 min
Jul 1, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy, Washington	39 min
Jun 30, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 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.