FLASH FLOOD WARNING
FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED MAY 17 AT 12:54AM CDT UNTIL MAY 17 AT 3:00AM CDT
Effective: 2026-05-17 00:54:00
Expires: 2026-05-17 03:00:00
Issued by: NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Alert Text
FFWOAX THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA... CENTRAL NEMAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
* AT 1254 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... AUBURN, PERU, JOHNSON, TALMAGE, BROWNVILLE, BROCK, JULIAN, LORTON, DUCK CREEK RECREATION AREA AND BROWNVILLE STATE RECREATION AREA.
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Target Area
JOHNSON, NE, NEMAHA, NE, OTOE, NE
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