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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Omaha, NE

March 12, 2019Saline County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2019, 2:26 PM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 13, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2019, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 2, 2019, 2:26 PM CDT
In force
20 days
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Saline County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Turkey Creek near Wilber (WLBN1).

Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
12.5 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06881200, 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 Mar 12, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 12, 1:55 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 12, 1:57 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 3:42 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchOAXAntelope, Boone, Butler, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 11 more36 hr
Mar 12, 10:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXPierce8 days
Mar 12, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXCass143 days
Mar 12, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXOtoe272 days
Mar 12, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXNemaha273 days
Mar 12, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXRichardson273 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXStanton4 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXCuming6 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXDodge5 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXDouglas21 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaunders3 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXCass59 hr
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaunders65 hr
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXButler, Polk, Seward6 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSeward6 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaline21 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXGage21 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXNemaha68 hr
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXKnox4 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXJefferson23 hr
Mar 12, 1:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more6 hr
Mar 12, 2:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXPlatte4 days
Mar 12, 2:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXDodge65 hr
Mar 12, 2:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSeward7 days
Mar 12, 2:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaunders67 hr
Mar 12, 3:13 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 19 more25 hr
Mar 12, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXPage61 hr
Mar 12, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXPottawattamie67 hr
Mar 12, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont4 days
Mar 12, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXMontgomery4 days
Mar 12, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont21 days
Mar 12, 11:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXMonona5 days

Nearby

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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.