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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE

June 19, 2018Nemaha County, Nebraska; Atchison County, Missouri

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Jun 19, 2018, 9:44 AM CDT for Nemaha County, Nebraska; Atchison County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 19, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2018, 9:44 AM CDT (14:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 19, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 1, 2018, 12:59 PM CDT
In force: 43 days
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Atchison County, MO, Nemaha County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Brownville (BRON1).

Action stage: 33 ft
Minor stage: 34 ft
Moderate stage: 38.5 ft
Major stage: 43 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06810070, 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 19, 6:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
429 AM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-192330-
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-
429 AM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest
Iowa...west central Iowa...east central Nebraska...northeast
Nebraska and southeast Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected
over portions of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa this morning
and again this afternoon and tonight. Locally heavy rain, damaging
winds, and lightning will be the primary hazards. An isolated
tornado and some hail cannot be ruled out though due to the very
unstable conditions developing this afternoon.

The storms this morning and this afternoon should mostly be over
southeast Nebraska and southwest iowa with additional storms
developing after 4pm and tonight over a larger area of eastern
nebraska and western Iowa.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Thunderstorm chances will remain in the forecast Wednesday and
Thursday. Periods of heavy rain are possible. Thunderstorm chances
return to part of the area Saturday and Saturday nigh and last
into early next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Storm spotter activation may be needed for parts of the area on
in southeast Nebraska and possibly southwest Iowa this afternoon
and tonight.

Zapotocny

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
510 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2018

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

0445 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NNE BOYS TOWN         41.31N 96.11W
06/19/2018  M2.49 INCH       DOUGLAS            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            127TH & FORT. - STORM TOTAL THROUGH 445AM.

&&

CZ

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
513 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2018

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

0100 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 WNW VALLEY            41.32N 96.37W
06/19/2018  M2.88 INCH       DOUGLAS            NE   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            NWS VALLEY/OMAHA OFFICE.

&&

CZ

Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:54 AM CDT, 50 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 18, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Thurston	32 min
Jun 18, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Knox	32 min
Jun 18, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Butler	32 min
Jun 18, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Wayne	34 min
Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saunders	40 min
Jun 18, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Thurston	38 min
Jun 18, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Douglas	31 min
Jun 19, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Sarpy	31 min
Jun 19, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Colfax	36 min
Jun 19, 6:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Boone	31 min
Jun 19, 6:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone, Platte	24 min
Jun 19, 7:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	3 hr
Jun 19, 8:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	3 hr
Jun 19, 8:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas	3 hr
Jun 19, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Richardson	36 days
Jun 19, 3:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OAX	Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster and 6 more	16 hr
Jun 19, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	65 min
Jun 19, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saline	54 min
Jun 19, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson	30 min
Jun 19, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Lancaster	36 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Jefferson	47 min
Jun 19, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Lancaster	33 min
Jun 19, 6:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 19, 6:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Lancaster, Saline	3 hr
Jun 18, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Shelby	31 min
Jun 18, 11:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Mills, Pottawattamie	3 hr
Jun 19, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Mills	27 min
Jun 19, 12:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Mills, Montgomery	46 min
Jun 19, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	41 min
Jun 19, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Shelby	39 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2018 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.