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WGUS63 KOAX 010223
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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
823 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2025
.A WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOUP, PLATTE, AND ELKHORN RIVERS
DUE TO POTENTIAL ICE JAM DEVELOPMENT. INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS,
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS, SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.
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ANTELOPE-PIERCE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WEST POINT, LA VISTA, WISNER, PLAINVIEW,
WAHOO, NORFOLK, PAPILLION, OSMOND, OMAHA, PIERCE, ELGIN, FREMONT,
NELIGH, BLAIR, SCHUYLER, STANTON, PLATTSMOUTH, BELLEVUE, ASHLAND,
COLUMBUS, DAVID CITY, AND YUTAN
823 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2025
...FLOOD WATCH FOR AN ICE JAM REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM CONTINUES TO BE POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, AND SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN EAST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA, BUTLER, DODGE, DOUGLAS, SARPY, SAUNDERS AND WASHINGTON.
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, ANTELOPE, COLFAX, CUMING, MADISON, PIERCE,
PLATTE AND STANTON. IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, CASS.
* WHEN...THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...THE FORMATION OF AN ICE JAM COULD RESULT IN SUDDEN RISES
OF WATER, LEADING TO A RAPID FLOODING SITUATION. ICE JAMS CAN
CAUSE WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS OF 1 TO 3 FEET OVER A VERY SHORT
TIME PERIOD AND WITHOUT MUCH NOTICE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- OBSERVATIONS HAVE INDICATED THAT A LOT OF THE ICE MAY HAVE
FLUSHED OUT OF THE PLATTE AND LOWER ELKHORN RIVERS. ICE MAY
STILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE LOUP RIVER AND INTO THE PLATTE
RIVER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. AND THERE MAY STILL BE SOME
ICE MOVING THROUGH THE ELKHORN RIVER AT TIMES.
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.
DEWALD
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