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WGUS43 KOAX 051412
FLWOAX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
912 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2026
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEBRASKA...
BIG BLUE RIVER NEAR CRETE AFFECTING SALINE COUNTY.
.WHILE THE WATER AT CRETE HAS FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE, THE CREST
CONTINUES TO WORK DOWN THE CHANNEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 EVENING AT 915 PM CDT.
NEC151-060215-
/O.EXT.KOAX.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-261006T1200Z/
/CRTN1.2.ER.261001T0601Z.261003T0915Z.261006T0151Z.NO/
912 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...BIG BLUE RIVER NEAR CRETE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL
FIELDS CONTINUES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:45 AM CDT MONDAY WAS 21.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 18.9
FEET ON 08/05/1990.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4070 9700 4070 9698 4069 9697 4067 9696
4066 9697 4063 9695 4062 9695 4059 9694
4056 9694 4052 9692 4049 9692 4045 9693
4042 9691 4038 9687 4037 9690 4042 9696
4053 9698 4066 9699 4068 9698 4069 9700
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