823  
WGUS53 KOAX 170430  
FFWOAX  
NEC151-170730-  
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/00000.U.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
1130 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...  
 
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1130 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 3 INCHES IN 1  
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN  
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR  
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
CRETE, WILBER, FRIEND, DORCHESTER, WESTERN, THE HIGHWAY 41 AND 15  
SOUTH JUNCTION, SWAN CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, SWAN CREEK  
RESERVOIR NUMBER 2 AND WILLARD MEYER RECREATION AREA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
NORTH FORK SWAN CREEK TRIBUTARY, SAND CREEK, SOUTH FORK SWAN CREEK  
TRIBUTARY, DRY CREEK, JOHNSON CREEK, WEST FORK BIG BLUE RIVER,  
SOUTH FORK SWAN CREEK, SPRING CREEK, NORTH FORK SWAN CREEK, SWAN  
CREEK TRIBUTARY, PLUMMERS BRANCH, BRUSH CREEK, WALNUT CREEK, TURKEY  
CREEK, DRY BRANCH, BIG BLUE RIVER, COON CREEK, SWAN CREEK AND  
TURKEY CREEK TRIBUTARY.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4065 9729 4055 9728 4037 9734 4039 9706  
4047 9697 4054 9695 4066 9692 4069 9707  
4069 9723  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 
 
 
PETERSEN  
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