Flood Warning
NWS Omaha/Valley NE ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Late Tonight
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Iowa... East Nishnabotna River At Red Oak affecting Montgomery County.
What
Minor flooding is occurring.
Where
East Nishnabotna River at Red Oak.
When
Until late tonight.
Impacts
At 18.0 feet, Rural lowlands begin to flood along the east bank.
Additional details
- At 9:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 18.9 feet. - Bankfull stage is 18.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 9:00 AM CDT Wednesday was 20.2 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage late this morning and continue falling to 8.1 feet Monday morning. - Flood stage is 18.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 18.8 feet on 06/14/1976. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at water.noaa.gov. The next statement will be issued this evening at 945 PM CDT.
Affected areas
- Montgomery County, IA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Omaha/Valley NE
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m4s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NACPHFFFEXF9S0JMRYV9YS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.59a0ec1716f262e1980a465978525d3b8c06931f.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Omaha/Valley NE
- AWIPS ID
- CAPOAX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3482
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSOAX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KOAX 161436 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KOAX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260917T1033Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T05:33:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Montgomery County, IA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019137 |
| UGC | IAC137 |
- Polygons
- 40.81,-95.37 40.89,-95.3 40.95,-95.28 40.98,-95.28 41.02,-95.25 41.04,-95.26 41.1,-95.2 41.14,-95.21 41.16,-95.19 41.16,-95.15 41.12,-95.16 41.07,-95.19 41.04,-95.23 41.01,-95.21 40.98,-95.25 40.86,-95.27 40.84,-95.3 40.82,-95.3 40.8,-95.31 40.8,-95.33 40.81,-95.37