AREAS AFFECTED : ADAMS, NE; BUFFALO, NE; FRANKLIN, NE; HALL, NE; HOWARD, NE; KEARNEY, NE; MERRICK, NE; SHERMAN, NE
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central and south central Nebraska, including
the following counties, in central Nebraska, Howard, Merrick and
Sherman. In south central Nebraska, Adams, Buffalo, Franklin, Hall
and Kearney.
* WHEN...Until 700 PM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 306 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated widespread light to moderate rain across the
Warning area. Although the very-heaviest rain from earlier in
the night has since ended, extensive flooding issues will
likely continue well into the daytime hours due to 3 to 8
inches of earlier rain, and the potential for another roughly
one-half inch of rain before precipitation finally ends by
around 5 or 6 AM. Flooding of several small creeks/streams
and mainly rural county roads is likely, and it will take
several hours for water levels to gradually fall.
- This includes, but is not limited to, the following streams
and drainages...
Cow Creek, Oak Creek, Wood River, Beaver Creek, Deer Creek,
Cottonwood Creek, Moores Creek, Thirtytwo Mile Creek, Prairie
Creek, Turkey Creek, Middle Branch Thompson Creek, West and
East Branch Thompson Creek, Warm Slough, Lincoln Creek,
Silver Creek, Pawnee Creek, Box Elder Creek, Prairie Slough
and Elk Creek.
- Some locations that could experience flooding include...
Grand Island, Minden, St. Paul, Gibbon, Ravenna, Wood River,
Shelton, Kenesaw, Doniphan, Cairo, Juniata, Alda, Campbell,
Dannebrog, Holstein, Howard City, Upland, Heartwell, Prosser
and Norman.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood