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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Omaha, NE

March 13, 2019Knox County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2019, 10:51 AM CDT for Knox County, Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 13, 2019, 3:03 PM CDT. It was in force for 71 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2019, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2019, 3:03 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 16, 2019, 2:12 PM CDT
In force: 71 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Knox County, NE

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Niobrara River near Verdel (VRDN1). The gauge peaked at 19.38 ft at Mar 14, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9.5 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06465500, 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 13, 6:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 6:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 5:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 10:16 AM CDT, 35 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 12, 8:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster	41 hr
Mar 13, 4:00 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Cedar, Knox, Madison, Pierce and 1 more	12 hr
Mar 13, 5:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Colfax, Dodge	5 days
Mar 13, 5:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	4 days
Mar 13, 5:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Seward	6 days
Mar 13, 7:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming and 8 more	6 hr
Mar 13, 8:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce, Wayne	6 hr
Mar 13, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Saunders	6 days
Mar 13, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Sarpy, Saunders	6 days
Mar 13, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy	7 days
Mar 13, 9:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson and 11 more	3 hr
Mar 13, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster	32 hr
Mar 13, 10:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Madison	55 hr
Mar 13, 11:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Boone	8 hr
Mar 13, 11:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	21 days
Mar 13, 1:25 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster and 7 more	3 hr
Mar 13, 1:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 19 more	6 hr
Mar 13, 2:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	27 hr
Mar 13, 2:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Thurston	21 days
Mar 13, 2:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Gage	6 days
Mar 13, 2:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Washington	10 days
Mar 13, 2:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	10 days
Mar 13, 3:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Pierce	6 hr
Mar 13, 3:35 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Cedar, Knox, Madison, Pierce and 1 more	23 hr
Mar 13, 3:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Saline, Seward	6 hr
Mar 13, 4:02 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Butler, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 10 more	28 hr
Mar 13, 4:02 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more	33 hr
Mar 13, 6:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Boone, Platte	6 hr
Mar 13, 6:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Platte	5 days
Mar 13, 6:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more	39 hr
Mar 12, 11:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	12 hr
Mar 13, 4:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Mills, Pottawattamie	12 hr
Mar 13, 6:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Shelby	12 hr
Mar 13, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Monona	69 hr
Mar 13, 12:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 13, 1:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Harrison	33 hr

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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.