900  
WGUS63 KOAX 171652  
FFAOAX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
1152 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
NEZ065-066-068-078-088>093-181200-  
/O.NEW.KOAX.FA.A.0004.260518T0000Z-260519T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
SEWARD-LANCASTER-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-  
RICHARDSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEATRICE, STERLING, SEWARD, TECUMSEH, CRETE,  
NEBRASKA CITY, AUBURN, PAWNEE CITY, TABLE ROCK, FALLS CITY, WILBER,  
MILFORD, LINCOLN, AND FAIRBURY  
1152 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, GAGE, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON, LANCASTER, NEMAHA, OTOE,  
PAWNEE, RICHARDSON, SALINE AND SEWARD.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF  
SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH  
TUESDAY MORNING, WITH ONE TO THREE ADDITIONAL INCHES EXPECTED.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 

 
 

 
 
ANW  
 
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