Flood Warning – East Nishnabotna River at Red Oak
July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
923 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014
…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN IOWA…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RED OAK.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.3 FEET…OR 1.7 FEET BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…RISE TO AROUND 18.2 FEET BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THEN FALL
BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT…AT 18.0 FEET…RURAL LOWLANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD ALONG THE EAST
BANK.