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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Omaha, NE

March 14, 2019Dodge County, Saunders County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 2019, 11:11 PM CDT for Dodge County, Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 8 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, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2019, 7:15 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dodge County, NE, Saunders County, NE

The radar

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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, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 3:37 PM CDT, 7 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
337 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2019

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
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, 5:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 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.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 14, 7:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 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
Mar 14, 7:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders	12 hr
Mar 14, 9:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Thurston	5 days
Mar 15, 9:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more	24 hr
Mar 15, 10:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Saunders	24 hr
Mar 15, 10:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Knox	27 hr
Mar 15, 12:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	21 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2019 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.