Flood Warning issued June 26 at 8:57PM CDT until June 27 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

* 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