Flood Warning
NWS Omaha/Valley NE ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From Late Tonight To Late Friday Night
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Nebraska... Big Blue River Near Barneston affecting Gage County. Big Blue River At Beatrice affecting Gage County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Big Blue River near Barneston.
When
From late tonight to late Friday night.
Impacts
At 26.0 feet, Increasing farmlands flood along the bottomlands.
Additional details
- At 8:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 7.7 feet. - Bankfull stage is 20.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just after midnight tonight to a crest of 25.6 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage Friday morning. - Flood stage is 20.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 25.7 feet on 05/10/1950. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely. Additional information is available at water.noaa.gov. The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 915 AM CDT.
Affected areas
- Gage County, NE
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Omaha/Valley NE
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~19s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3S9X9K5VNEQJPJS15V0D604
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d479bbec6bfbe5727bcf364018b03fd809850fc9.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- 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.2737
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWOAX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KOAX 301401 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KOAX.FL.W.0007.261001T0538Z-261003T0700Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-03T02:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Gage County, NE
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 031067 |
| UGC | NEC067 |
- Polygons
- 40.12,-96.64 40.1,-96.6 40.09,-96.59 40.07,-96.57 40.05,-96.58 40.04,-96.57 40.03,-96.57 40.02,-96.58 39.98,-96.58 39.97,-96.6 39.9,-96.61 39.91,-96.65 39.96,-96.63 39.99,-96.61 40.01,-96.62 40.05,-96.59 40.09,-96.62 40.12,-96.66 40.12,-96.64