473  
WGUS63 KGID 281804  
FFAGID  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
104 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2026  
 
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-291000-  
/O.NEW.KGID.FA.A.0005.260930T0000Z-261002T0000Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-  
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-  
PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-  
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COZAD, CENTRAL CITY, HOLDREGE, SUTTON,  
SCOTIA, EDGAR, PLAINVILLE, SPALDING, WILLOW ISLAND, DESHLER,  
STROMSBURG, HARVARD, CLAY CENTER, AURORA, STOCKTON, EXETER,  
INAVALE, MANKATO, IONIA, LEXINGTON, BLUE HILL, OSBORNE, ST. PAUL,  
GOTHENBURG, GENOA, SMITH CENTER, ROSEMONT, CAMPBELL, BURR OAK,  
CODELL, LOUP CITY, GRAND ISLAND, FAIRMONT, HILDRETH, HASTINGS,  
BELLAIRE, POLK, BOSTWICK, ARAPAHOE, FULLERTON, ELWOOD, CAMBRIDGE, RED  
CLOUD, BELOIT, KENSINGTON, GREELEY, WOLBACH, GENEVA, PHILLIPSBURG,  
MINDEN, OXFORD, SHERMAN RESERVOIR, JOHNSON LAKE, JEWELL, LITCHFIELD,  
BEAVER CITY, ORD, HOLLINGER, ORLEANS, HEBRON, OSCEOLA, NELSON, ALMA,  
SUPERIOR, YORK, FRANKLIN, BLADEN, FAIRFIELD, KEARNEY, DOWNS, AND  
SHELBY  
104 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS 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, GREELEY, HALL,  
HAMILTON, HARLAN, HOWARD, KEARNEY, MERRICK, NANCE, NUCKOLLS,  
PHELPS, POLK, SHERMAN, THAYER, VALLEY, WEBSTER AND YORK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AFTER A WET PERIOD LAST WEEK WITH MUCH OF THE AREA SEEING 3 TO 5  
INCHES OF RAINFALL, ANOTHER PROLONGED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN  
EVENT WILL IMPACT THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. WHILE RAIN WILL BEGIN  
DURING THE DAY TUESDAY, THE IMPACTS WILL ACCUMULATE. TUESDAY  
NIGHT - THURSDAY WILL BE THE PRIMARY PERIOD TO SEE EXCESSIVE  
RUNOFF, ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES  
OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA.  
- 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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