Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE

Issued

May 26, 1987, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1987, 12:45 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Omaha, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Pottawattamie County, IA, Sarpy County, NE

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
842 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...CASS AND SARPY
WEST CENTRAL IOWA...POTTAWATTAMIE

AT 830 AM CDT FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON THE WEEPING WATER CREEK
AT WEEPING WATER.  THE CREEK WAS 5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL
RISING RAPIDLY.  HIGHWAY 50 NORTH OF LOUISVILLE WAS ALSO COVERED BY
WATER IN PLACES.  WEEPING WATER HAD 3.78 INCHES OF RAIN UP TO 8AM.
AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN PARTS OF
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY.  RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW THAT THE
HEAVY RAIN WILL COUNTIUE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA
FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
HAS BEEN REPORTED.  RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTO.

PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD SEEK HIGHER
GROUND WITHOUT DELAY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IN APPROACHING
LOW AREAS OF ROADS.

CAMPERS IN THE PLATTE RIVER STATE PARK SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS
FLOOD THREAT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

IF HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOODING SITUATION WILL RAPIDLY
GROW MORE8 SERIOUS.  FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS THE
FLOODING DEVELOPS.

POLLACK

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
450 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA
AT 430 AM WITH THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY BETWEEN OMAHA AND COLUMBUS AND
TO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO IN THESE AREAS.

MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WEST OMAHA AND OVER 2 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL IN RED OAK IOWA ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA AND
IN GLENWOOD IOWA ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA.  STREET FLOODING
...WATER IN BASEMENTS AND OTHER WATER PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED BY THE
RED OAK POLICE AT 445 AM THIS MORNING.

THESE STORMS SHOULD LET UP BY AROUND 6 AM BUT A REPEAT PlERFORMANCE
MAY OCCUR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

CLARK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
650 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT DOWNPOURS OF RAIN TO SCATTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA THIS MORNING.  RAINFALL REPORTS AT 6AM INCLUDED 2.75 AT
WAVERLY ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN, 1.80 INCHES AT HOOPER
ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS METROPOLITAN AREA.

THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE FLOODED STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
ONCE THE RAIN LETS UP THESE FLOODED AREAS SHOULD DRAIN AND
POSE NO PROBLEM.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER KANSAS AND MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA.   IF THE NEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER
THE SAME AREAS SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING COULD BE A PROBLEM
LATER TODAY.

CLARK

Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 1987Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 1987Every flash flood warning in 1987

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