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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
231 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
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GREELEY NE-HOWARD NE-NANCE NE-VALLEY NE-
231 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LAST NIGHT INTO THIS
MORNING 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.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS CONTINUES. ALTHOUGH EXCESS WATER CONTINUES TO
GRADUALLY RECEDE AND DRAIN INTO AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS, IT WILL
LIKELY TAKE AT LEAST A FEW MORE HOURS FOR THE MAJORITY OF FLOODED
AREAS TO TRULY SEE IMPROVEMENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 217 PM 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, NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH
AT LEAST SUNSET, BUT SOME RAIN COULD FALL OVERNIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING, INCLUDING A SMALL CHANCE OF AMOUNTS AT LEAST 1
INCH.
- 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 145 PM CDT, AN AUTOMATED GAUGE ALONG THE MIRA CREEK NEAR
NORTH LOUP REPORTED A STAGE OF 9.15 FEET, JUST ABOVE THE MINOR
FLOOD STAGE OF 9 FEET. IT APPEARS THE CREEK COULD CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY RISE PERHAPS CLOSER TO 9.5 OR 10 FEET, BEFORE IT IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING. AT A STAGE OF 9 FEET, MINOR FLOODING
IS UNDERWAY, WITH WATER SPILLING INTO FIELDS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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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