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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1053 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
NEC129-169-030030-
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NUCKOLLS NE-THAYER NE-
1053 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ONGOING.
* WHERE...EAST CENTRAL NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 730 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1034 AM CDT, VARIOUS RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS, AUTOMATED RIVER
GAUGES, AND GROUND-TRUTH REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL INDICATED THAT AT LEAST 3-5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS, RESULTING IN
CONTINUED FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. A RIVER GAUGE
ALONG THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER AT HEBRON REPORTED A STAGE OF 14.9
FEET AT 1015 AM CDT, WHICH WAS 1.4 FEET ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE
OF 13.5 FEET. AS A RESULT, MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING BOTH
UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF HEBRON ALONG THE LITTLE BLUE. ALSO, A
GAUGE ALONG THE BIG SANDY CREEK NEAR ALEXANDRIA REPORTED A STAGE
OF 15.0 FEET AT 945 AM CDT, WHICH WAS 0.5 FEET ABOVE MODERATE
FLOOD STAGE OF 14.5 FEET, AND IS ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST WATER LEVEL
THERE SINCE 2015. THIS FLOODING HAS RESULTED IN THE CLOSURE OF
STATE HIGHWAY 53 JUST SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA. GOING FORWARD, IT IS
LIKELY THAT WATER LEVELS WILL START TO CREST AND EVENTUALLY
SLOWLY FALL ALONG THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER AND BIG SANDY CREEK
SOMETIME ON FRIDAY, BUT EXACT TIMING IS STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN AS
UPSTREAM WATER CONTINUES TO WORK INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
DRY CREEK, SOUTH FORK BIG SANDY CREEK, LITTLE BLUE RIVER, LITTLE
SANDY CREEK, OAK CREEK, WALNUT CREEK, ELK CREEK, TURTLE CREEK,
SPRING CREEK, BALLS BRANCH ROSE CREEK, DRY SANDY CREEK AND BIG
SANDY CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HEBRON, DAVENPORT, BRUNING, ALEXANDRIA, CARLETON, OAK AND
BELVIDERE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4025 9791 4034 9780 4034 9737 4015 9737
4015 9761 4018 9762 4018 9765 4023 9793
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