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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Omaha, NE

May 23, 2020Saline County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2020, 8:26 AM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2020, 8:26 AM CDT (13:26 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2020, 12:54 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
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 13:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 23, 6:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 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 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Johnson	31 min
May 22, 7:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	5 hr
May 22, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Richardson	27 min
May 22, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster	5 hr
May 22, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Richardson	36 min
May 22, 8:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Johnson	3 hr
May 22, 11:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee	9 hr
May 23, 12:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Gage, Lancaster	9 hr
May 23, 2:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster	6 hr
May 23, 9:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Saline	7 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.