650  
WGUS43 KOAX 010227  
FLWOAX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
927 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEBRASKA...  
 
BIG BLUE RIVER NEAR CRETE AFFECTING SALINE COUNTY.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.NOAA.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 930 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
NEC151-011430-  
/O.NEW.KOAX.FL.W.0011.261001T1045Z-000000T0000Z/  
/CRTN1.2.ER.261001T1045Z.261002T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NR/  
927 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF  
RECORD.  
 
* WHERE...BIG BLUE RIVER NEAR CRETE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 29.0 FEET, EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD. PAST  
FLOODS HAVE NOT FLOODED THE URBAN AREAS OF CRETE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:45 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 30.1 FEET FRIDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 29.9  
FEET ON 07/03/1986.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4070 9700 4070 9698 4069 9697 4067 9696  
4066 9697 4063 9695 4062 9695 4059 9694  
4056 9694 4052 9692 4049 9692 4045 9693  
4042 9691 4038 9687 4037 9690 4042 9696  
4053 9698 4066 9699 4068 9698 4069 9700  
 

 
 
PEARSON  
 
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