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Flood Warning
Issued: 1:57 AM Jun. 27, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Flooding caused by earlier excessive rainfall continues. * 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, Hall and Kearney. * WHEN...Until 1000 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Continued flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. It will take several more hours for all the floodwater to work through local drainage systems, especially in urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 840 PM CDT, Emergency management reported continued, mainly minor flooding of some small creeks/streams and mainly rural county roads within various parts of the warned area, resulting from the generally 4 to 8 inches of rain that fell Wednesday into Thursday morning. Although water levels have started to stabilize or even recede in some places, at least minor flooding and areas of standing water in low-lying and poor drainage areas will surely continue into the day Friday. As just one example of continued flooding, a gauge along the Turkey Creek northwest of Dannebrog reported a stage of 19.1 feet as of 745 PM Thursday, still a few feet above the minor flood stage of 17 feet. - This Warning includes the following streams and drainages... Prairie Creek, Lincoln Creek, Oak Creek, Warm Slough, Beaver Creek, Moores Creek, Dry Creek, Cherry Creek, Sand Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Turkey Creek, Deer Creek and Thirtytwo Mile Creek. - Some locations that could experience flooding include... Grand Island, St. Paul, Gibbon, Wood River, Shelton, Kenesaw, Doniphan, Cairo, Juniata, Alda, Dannebrog, Holstein, Howard City, Heartwell, Prosser, Norman, Boelus and St. Libory. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. &&
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