767
WGUS43 KOAX 021931
FLWOAX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
231 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEBRASKA...
TURKEY CREEK NEAR DE WITT AFFECTING SALINE AND GAGE COUNTIES.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 245 AM CDT.
NEC067-151-030745-
/O.EXT.KOAX.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-261005T0210Z/
/DEWN1.3.ER.261001T2009Z.261003T0600Z.261004T2010Z.NO/
231 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...TURKEY CREEK NEAR DE WITT.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 28.0 FEET, FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT THE TOWN OF
DEWITT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED IN 2015.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 1:45 PM CDT FRIDAY WAS 26.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 27.3 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 27.2
FEET ON 03/16/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4041 9699 4042 9697 4040 9696 4040 9691
4037 9687 4036 9688 4036 9689 4038 9695
4040 9699
MANGELS
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