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WGUS63 KOAX 011017
FFAOAX
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
417 AM CST SAT MAR 1 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.
NEZ016-017-031>033-042>045-050>053-067-012145-
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ANTELOPE-PIERCE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLAIR, ELGIN, COLUMBUS, DAVID CITY,
SCHUYLER, PAPILLION, PLAINVIEW, NELIGH, PIERCE, NORFOLK, STANTON,
WEST POINT, LA VISTA, PLATTSMOUTH, OSMOND, FREMONT, WAHOO, YUTAN,
WISNER, ASHLAND, BELLEVUE, AND OMAHA
417 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2025
...FLOOD WATCH FOR AN ICE JAM REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
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 THIS 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 INDICATE 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
TODAY.
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.
MEAD
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