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WGUS43 KOAX 301401
FLWOAX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
901 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
...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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
NEC067-011415-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FL.W.0007.261001T0538Z-261003T0700Z/
/BARN1.1.ER.261001T0538Z.261001T1200Z.261002T1317Z.NO/
901 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
* 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
LAT...LON 4012 9664 4010 9660 4009 9659 4007 9657
4005 9658 4004 9657 4003 9657 4002 9658
3998 9658 3997 9660 3990 9661 3991 9665
3996 9663 3999 9661 4001 9662 4005 9659
4009 9662 4012 9666
NEC067-011415-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FL.W.0008.261001T1119Z-261004T1200Z/
/BEAN1.1.ER.261001T1119Z.261001T1800Z.261003T1800Z.NO/
901 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BIG BLUE RIVER AT BEATRICE.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, AT THIS LEVEL THE WEST SCOTT BASEBALL
FIELDS BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING
TO 20.9 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL EARLY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO 19.3 FEET EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.7
FEET ON 05/07/1959.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4037 9690 4038 9687 4030 9677 4028 9674
4026 9675 4026 9669 4024 9666 4022 9667
4022 9669 4021 9666 4019 9666 4017 9664
4012 9664 4012 9665 4019 9668 4020 9667
4020 9669 4022 9671 4024 9670 4025 9676
CHEHAK
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