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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1025 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
NEC077-093-125-175-182200-
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GREELEY NE-HOWARD NE-NANCE NE-VALLEY NE-
1025 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN NANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN VALLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 PM CDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS ONGOING. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR
ALL OF THE EXCESS WATER TO RECEDE AS IT DRAINS INTO AREA CREEKS AND
RIVERS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1012 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY
THIS MORNING, CAUSING MAINLY MINOR FLOODING ISSUES IN VARIOUS
LOCATIONS, INCLUDING WATER LIKELY COVERING SOME RURAL GRAVEL OR
DIRT ROADS. FORTUNATELY, LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED
TODAY, BUT AT LEAST MINOR AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD FALL
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
WEST BRANCH SPRING CREEK, WALLACE CREEK, SOUTH BRANCH MIRA CREEK,
DAVIS CREEK, SPRING CREEK, NORTH BRANCH MIRA CREEK, NORTH LOUP
RIVER, COTTONWOOD CREEK, DRY CREEK, MIRA CREEK, SHEPHERD CREEK,
ROCK CREEK AND DAVIS CREEK RESERVOIR AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SCOTIA, NORTH LOUP, WOLBACH AND CUSHING, BUT MAINLY AREAS NEAR
THESE TOWNS.
- AS OF 945 AM CDT, AN AUTOMATED GAUGE ALONG THE MIRA CREEK NEAR
NORTH LOUP REPORTED A STAGE OF 8.35 FEET, JUST BELOW THE MINOR
FLOOD STAGE OF 9 FEET. SIGNIFICANT RISES APPEAR TO HAVE ENDED,
BUT WITH THE CREEK RUNNING SO CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE, SOME MINOR
OVERFLOWS INTO FIELDS AND LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE CREEK HAVE
BEEN REPORTED BY NWS PERSONNEL.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
LAT...LON 4156 9891 4148 9893 4127 9830 4127 9812
4133 9821 4150 9859
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