771  
WGUS83 KOAX 272144  
FLSOAX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
344 PM CST THU FEB 27 2025  
 
NEC023-141-280330-  
/O.CON.KOAX.FA.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250228T0330Z/  
/00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BUTLER NE-PLATTE NE-  
344 PM CST THU FEB 27 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST  
THIS EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM CONTINUES. RAPID FLUCTUATIONS  
IN WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, INCLUDING  
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA, BUTLER. IN  
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, PLATTE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 PM CST.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 344 PM CST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED AN ICE JAM NEAR  
COLUMBUS. FLOODING IS ONGOING, INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAY 30.  
- FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE LOUP RIVER.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
AREAS ALONG THE RIVER NEAR COLUMBUS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4142 9742 4144 9742 4143 9739 4142 9739  
4142 9737 4141 9733 4141 9728 4141 9726  
4137 9726 4138 9729 4138 9732 4138 9735  
4137 9737 4140 9737 4139 9739 4138 9741  
4139 9742  
 
 
 
PETERSEN  
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