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River Flood Warning 67, NWS Omaha, NE

May 24, 2019Richardson County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2019, 1:02 PM CDT for Richardson County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 24, 2019, 2:44 PM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2019, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2019, 2:44 PM CDT
Expired: May 25, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Nemaha River at Falls City (FLLN1). The gauge peaked at 28.86 ft at May 24, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06815000, 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 May 24, 12:30 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 12:30 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 11:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 8:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 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
May 23, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	31 min
May 23, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe	22 min
May 23, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Pawnee	20 min
May 24, 3:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Gage, Jefferson	43 min
May 24, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee	49 min
May 24, 4:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	34 min
May 24, 4:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	39 min
May 24, 4:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Nemaha	24 min
May 24, 4:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Richardson	22 min
May 24, 5:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson	6 hr
May 24, 6:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	34 hr
May 24, 6:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cass	9 hr
May 24, 8:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Gage	21 days
May 24, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Gage	30 hr
May 23, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Page	33 min
May 24, 5:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	29 min
May 24, 5:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	5 hr
May 24, 6:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Page	32 hr
May 24, 7:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	47 hr
May 24, 9:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	3 hr

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.