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WGUS43 KOAX 020158
FLWOAX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
858 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEBRASKA...
WAHOO CREEK AT ITHACA AFFECTING SAUNDERS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.NOAA.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON CDT.
NEC155-021700-
/O.EXT.KOAX.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-261003T0047Z/
/ITHN1.2.ER.261001T0504Z.261002T0045Z.261002T0647Z.NO/
858 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...WAHOO CREEK AT ITHACA.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, HOMES NEAR THE GAGE SITE MAY BE THREATENED
WITH THE FLOOD WATERS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:15 PM CDT THURSDAY WAS 20.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.3 FEET TUESDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.7
FEET ON 05/07/2015.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4118 9659 4119 9658 4119 9656 4117 9654
4116 9652 4115 9650 4114 9647 4113 9646
4111 9644 4110 9644 4109 9646 4109 9647
4111 9649 4112 9650 4113 9652 4114 9653
4114 9655 4116 9656 4117 9658
CA
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