Flood Warning
NWS Omaha/Valley NE ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until Tuesday Morning
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Nebraska...Iowa... Wahoo Creek At Ithaca affecting Saunders County. West Fork Big Blue River Near Dorchester affecting Seward and Saline Counties. West Nishnabotna River At Hancock affecting Pottawattamie County. West Nishnabotna River At Randolph affecting Mills and Fremont Counties. ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Nebraska...Iowa... Salt Creek At Greenwood affecting Cass County. Salt Creek At North 27th Street affecting Lancaster County. Big Blue River Near Crete affecting Saline County. Big Blue River At Beatrice affecting Gage County. Turkey Creek near De Witt affecting Gage and Saline Counties. Turkey Creek Near Wilber affecting Saline County. Nishnabotna River Above Hamburg affecting Fremont County. Wahoo Creek At Wahoo affecting Saunders County. Salt Creek Near Ashland affecting Saunders County. Big Blue River Near Barneston affecting Gage County. ...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Nebraska... Platte River Near Louisville affecting Cass and Sarpy Counties. Salt Creek at Roca affecting Lancaster County. Big Blue River Near Seward affecting Seward County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Big Blue River near Barneston.
When
Until Tuesday morning.
Impacts
At 26.0 feet, Increasing farmlands flood along the bottomlands.
Additional details
- At 1:00 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 9.8 feet. - Bankfull stage is 20.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early Saturday morning to a crest of 25.0 feet early Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Monday afternoon. - Flood stage is 20.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 25.0 feet on 07/25/1992. - 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. 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 this afternoon at 300 PM CDT.
Affected areas
- Gage County, NE
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Omaha/Valley NE
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3WDA2DDK9QQXGXWVS93ZW1V
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d2302b412270e6343952a0b909c14eb1750f9892.017.1
- 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.1832
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSOAX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KOAX 011858 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KOAX.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-261006T1130Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-06T06:30:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d479bbec6bfbe5727bcf364018b03fd809850fc9.001.1,2026-09-30T09:01:00-05:00 |
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