Alert archive / Nebraska / Areal Flood Warnings in 2021

Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Omaha, NE

February 25, 2021Butler County, Colfax County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this areal flood warning at Feb 25, 2021, 8:14 PM CST for Butler County, Colfax County, Nebraska. It was in force for 6 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2021, 8:14 PM CST (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Butler County, NE, Colfax County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Feb 25, 4:56 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 4:56 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 3:51 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
351 PM CST Thu Feb 25 2021

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-262200-
Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont-
Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-
Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler-
Saunders-Douglas-Sarpy-Seward-Lancaster-Cass-Otoe-Saline-
Jefferson-Gage-Johnson-Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson-
351 PM CST Thu Feb 25 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Iowa,
west central Iowa, east central Nebraska, northeast Nebraska, and
southeast Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A Flood Watch has been issued for locations along the Loup,
Platte, and Elkhorn Rivers. Warmer temperatures have led to an increased
concern for ice jams.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Ice jam concern continues into the long term forecast.

There is a chance for a rain-snow mix Saturday night across
northeast Nebraska. Minor snow accumulations will be possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2021Every areal flood warning in 2021

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.