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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1209 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT.
* AT 1209 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN FAIRBURY.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL
RATE IS 2 TO 3.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP
TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
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...
FAIRBURY, WILBER, DE WITT, PLYMOUTH, DILLER, CLATONIA, JANSEN,
SWANTON, HARBINE, CUB CREEK RECREATIONAL AREA, ROCK CREEK STATION
STATE HISTORICAL PARK, ELLIS, HOMESTEAD NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4035 9726 4037 9726 4040 9705 4047 9697
4051 9696 4044 9680 4034 9687 4029 9683
4008 9692 4009 9715 4014 9726
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
PETERSEN
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