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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Omaha, NE

March 14, 2019Dodge County, Saunders County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 2019, 6:53 PM CDT for Dodge County, Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2019, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2019, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Flash flood emergency
Flood severity
None

Counties Dodge County, NE, Saunders County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 25 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2019-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2019-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Mar 14, 6:33 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:33 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 3:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
337 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2019

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042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-151045-
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-
337 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Friday

Widespread and extremely dangerous flooding will continue tonight
into Friday.

Strong northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 55 mph
will persist through the evening before slowly diminishing
overnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday night through Thursday

Moderate to major flooding will continue through the weekend for
many streams. Flooding will continue along the Missouri River into
next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed, but please report flooding
to the National Weather Service.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
156 PM CDT THU MAR 14 2019

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

1243 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ESE TEKAMAH           41.76N 96.18W
03/14/2019  M60 MPH          BURT               NE   ASOS

            ASOS STATION TQE, TEKAMAH AIRPORT.

&&
Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
157 PM CDT THU MAR 14 2019

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

1236 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NE COLUMBUS           41.45N 97.34W
03/14/2019  M59 MPH          PLATTE             NE   AWOS

            AWOS STATION OLU, COLUMBUS AIRPORT.

&&
Local storm report, Mar 14, 2:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
207 PM CDT THU MAR 14 2019

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

0155 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NW ALBION             41.73N 98.06W
03/14/2019  M58 MPH          BOONE              NE   AWOS

            AWOS STATION BVN, ALBION AIRPORT.

&&
Local storm report, Mar 14, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
446 PM CDT THU MAR 14 2019

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

0419 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SSW NORFOLK           41.99N 97.43W
03/14/2019  M63 MPH          MADISON            NE   ASOS

            ASOS STATION OFK, NORFOLK AIRPORT.

&&
Local storm report, Mar 14, 4:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
447 PM CDT THU MAR 14 2019

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

0322 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ESE TEKAMAH           41.76N 96.18W
03/14/2019  M54 MPH          BURT               NE   ASOS

            ASOS STATION TQE, TEKAMAH AIRPORT.

&&
Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
532 PM CDT THU MAR 14 2019

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

0515 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 E WAYNE               42.24N 96.98W
03/14/2019  M62 MPH          WAYNE              NE   AWOS

            AWOS STATION LCG, WAYNE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyOAXColfax, Dodge3 hr
Mar 13, 9:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXAntelope3 days
Mar 13, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Knox and 6 more12 hr
Mar 13, 10:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXColfax, Dodge12 hr
Mar 14, 3:40 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryOAXAntelope, Boone, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Knox and 6 more14 hr
Mar 14, 10:54 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyOAXButler, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders5 hr
Mar 14, 6:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXBoone12 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2019Every flash flood warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.