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River Flood Warning 113, NWS Omaha, NE

September 30, 2019Douglas County, Sarpy County, Nebraska; Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Sep 30, 2019, 1:02 PM CDT for Douglas County, Sarpy County, Nebraska; Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 1, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2019, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 1, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 2, 2019, 10:16 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Pottawattamie County, IA, Douglas County, NE, Sarpy County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River at Omaha (OMHN1). The gauge peaked at 28.87 ft at Sep 29, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
27 ft
Moderate stage
32 ft
Major stage
40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06610000, 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 Sep 30, 12:34 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 12:34 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 11:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOAXBoone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming and 19 more41 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2019River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2019Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.