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WGUS63 KGID 300617  
FFAGID  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
117 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
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VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GREELEY, ORD, GENOA, SCOTIA, SHERMAN  
RESERVOIR, ST. PAUL, WOLBACH, LITCHFIELD, LOUP CITY, FULLERTON,  
AND SPALDING  
117 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED  
 
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, GREELEY, HOWARD, NANCE, SHERMAN AND  
VALLEY.  
 
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT AS THE HEAVY RAIN  
POTENTIAL HAS SHIFTED SOUTH.  
 
 
 
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PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-  
BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-  
FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JEWELL, CENTRAL CITY, POLK, COZAD, GRAND  
ISLAND, SUPERIOR, CAMPBELL, EXETER, MANKATO, CLAY CENTER, HOLLINGER,  
PHILLIPSBURG, STROMSBURG, SMITH CENTER, BOSTWICK, OSBORNE, BELLAIRE,  
OSCEOLA, KEARNEY, CAMBRIDGE, BEAVER CITY, ALMA, ORLEANS, FAIRMONT,  
ARAPAHOE, GENEVA, BLADEN, JOHNSON LAKE, HASTINGS, NELSON, HARVARD,  
EDGAR, LEXINGTON, INAVALE, CODELL, GOTHENBURG, BELOIT, KENSINGTON,  
YORK, SUTTON, FRANKLIN, HOLDREGE, HEBRON, FAIRFIELD, RED CLOUD,  
OXFORD, HILDRETH, STOCKTON, BLUE HILL, AURORA, PLAINVILLE, WILLOW  
ISLAND, DESHLER, ROSEMONT, SHELBY, DOWNS, ELWOOD, BURR OAK, IONIA,  
AND MINDEN  
117 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, JEWELL, MITCHELL, OSBORNE, PHILLIPS, ROOKS AND SMITH AND  
NEBRASKA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ADAMS, BUFFALO, CLAY,  
DAWSON, FILLMORE, FRANKLIN, FURNAS, GOSPER, HALL, HAMILTON, HARLAN,  
KEARNEY, MERRICK, NUCKOLLS, PHELPS, POLK, THAYER, WEBSTER AND YORK.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN, WITH EMBEDDED  
POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN, ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT.  
CUMULATIVE RAINFALL TOTALS OF MAINLY 2-5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.  
SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE HEAVY  
RAIN, BUT LATEST MODEL TRENDS SUGGEST THE GREATEST RISK FOR THE  
HIGH END RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ARAPAHOE  
TO HASTINGS TO YORK. ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS WILL NOT EXPERIENCE  
FLOODING, ISOLATED TO SCATTERED INSTANCES OF FLOODING OR FLASH  
FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS STILL SATURATED  
FROM HEAVY RAINFALL LAST WEEK.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 
 
 
 
 
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