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WGUS43 KOAX 010233
FLWOAX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
933 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEBRASKA...
WEST FORK BIG BLUE RIVER NEAR DORCHESTER AFFECTING SEWARD AND
SALINE COUNTIES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.NOAA.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 945 AM CDT.
NEC151-159-011445-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FL.W.0012.261001T0801Z-261006T0900Z/
/DRGN1.2.ER.261001T0801Z.261002T1200Z.261005T1512Z.NR/
933 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...WEST FORK BIG BLUE RIVER NEAR DORCHESTER.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, THE COUNTY ROAD ABOUT 500 FEET NORTH OF THE
GAGE BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 23.2 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 22.6
FEET ON 07/01/1986.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4078 9736 4080 9734 4078 9727 4077 9725
4077 9724 4076 9719 4070 9708 4069 9704
4070 9699 4069 9699 4067 9702 4066 9709
4073 9720 4074 9726 4076 9728 4078 9733
PEARSON
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