709  
WGUS43 KOAX 010559  
FLWOAX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
1259 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEBRASKA...  
 
LINCOLN CREEK NEAR SEWARD AFFECTING SEWARD COUNTY.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.NOAA.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 100 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
NEC159-011800-  
/O.NEW.KOAX.FL.W.0020.261001T0559Z-261003T1400Z/  
/SWDN1.2.ER.261001T0516Z.261001T1200Z.261002T2015Z.NR/  
1259 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF  
RECORD.  
 
* WHERE...LINCOLN CREEK NEAR SEWARD.  
 
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, BACKWATER EFFECTS THE MOUTH OF THE CREEK  
AND MAY AFFECT THE GAGE AS WELL. WHEN BOTH THE BLUE AND LINCOLN  
CREEKS ARE HIGH AND OVERFLOWING, A LAKE IS CREATED NEAR THE GAGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:45 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS  
MORNING TO 18.7 FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL THIS  
EVENING. IT WILL RISE TO 17.8 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO 7.4  
FEET EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO 7.7 FEET EARLY  
MONDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD  
STAGE.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 18.6  
FEET ON 06/16/1982.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4096 9737 4097 9737 4098 9735 4099 9733  
4099 9729 4098 9727 4098 9720 4092 9713  
4092 9711 4089 9711 4089 9712 4092 9717  
4094 9720 4096 9721 4095 9723 4097 9729  
4097 9733 4096 9733  
 

 
 
PEARSON  
 
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