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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1121 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
NEC059-185-030000-
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FILLMORE NE-YORK NE-
1121 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ONGOING.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1110 AM CDT, VARIOUS RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS, AUTOMATED RIVER
GAUGES, AND GROUND-TRUTH REPORTS FROM OBSERVERS INDICATED THAT AT
LEAST 2-4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN WITHIN THE AREA OVER THE LAST
24 HOURS, RESULTING IN CONTINUED FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND
RIVERS. SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE WEST FORK BIG BLUE RIVER IN
FILLMORE AND YORK COUNTIES, AN AUTOMATED GAUGE NORTH OF GRAFTON
REPORTED A STAGE OF 12.9 FEET AT 1100 AM CDT, WHICH WAS 1.9 FEET
ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE OF 11.0 FEET. AS A RESULT, WIDESPREAD
FLOODING OF PASTURES AND FIELDS ALONG THE RIVER CONTINUES, AS
CONFIRMED BY AN OBSERVER IN THE MCCOOL JUNCTION AREA. GOING
FORWARD, IT IS LIKELY THAT WATER LEVELS ALONG THE WEST FORK BIG
BLUE RIVER WILL REMAIN IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE UNTIL AT LEAST
SOMETIME ON FRIDAY BEFORE SLOWLY FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE, BUT
EXACT TIMING IS A BIT UNCERTAIN AS UPSTREAM WATER CONTINUES TO
FEED INTO THE RIVER FROM SMALLER CREEKS.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ELK RUN CREEK, STONE CREEK, ANTELOPE CREEK, WEST FORK BIG BLUE
RIVER, SCHOOL CREEK AND GALAWAY CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCCOOL JUNCTION, AND RURAL AREAS ALONG THE WEST FORK BIG BLUE
RIVER BOTH UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF MCCOOL JUNCTION.
- 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 4070 9774 4069 9767 4072 9762 4076 9759
4079 9737 4077 9737 4074 9756 4072 9757
4068 9763 4067 9767 4067 9773 4063 9782
4066 9782
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