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River Flood Warning 21, NWS Omaha, NE

October 1, 2026Jefferson County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this river flood warning at Oct 1, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 1, 2026, 11:37 AM CDT. It was in force for 69 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 1, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 1, 2026, 11:37 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 4, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
69 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Jefferson County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little Blue River near Fairbury (FRBN1). The gauge peaked at 19.21 ft at Oct 1, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
18.5 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06884000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 8:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXLancaster, Saline, Seward3 hr
Sep 30, 9:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXNemaha4 days
Sep 30, 9:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXRichardson4 days
Sep 30, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXLancaster, Saline, Seward2 hr
Sep 30, 9:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaline21 days
Sep 30, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaline, Seward5 days
Sep 30, 9:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaline4 days
Sep 30, 9:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXGage, Saline69 hr
Sep 30, 9:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXButler, Saunders3 hr
Sep 30, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXDouglas, Sarpy4 hr
Sep 30, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatOAXLancaster, Saunders, Seward3 hr
Sep 30, 10:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaunders45 hr
Sep 30, 10:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXSaunders14 hr
Sep 30, 10:56 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatOAXLancaster, Saline, Seward3 hr
Sep 30, 11:04 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline14 hr
Sep 30, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXDouglas, Washington3 hr
Sep 30, 11:37 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXButler, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward13 hr
Sep 30, 11:37 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXCass, Gage, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward13 hr
Sep 30, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatOAXDouglas, Sarpy3 hr
Sep 30, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe3 hr
Oct 1, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCass, Lancaster3 hr
Oct 1, 12:37 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXButler, Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders12 hr
Oct 1, 12:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXLancaster16 hr
Oct 1, 12:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXLancaster33 hr
Oct 1, 12:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXCass56 hr
Oct 1, 12:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSeward56 hr
Oct 1, 1:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaunders55 hr
Oct 1, 1:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders11 hr
Oct 1, 2:05 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXDouglas, Washington11 hr
Oct 1, 2:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSeward32 hr
Oct 1, 2:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXCass, Sarpy51 hr
Oct 1, 2:50 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXCass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe10 hr
Oct 1, 2:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders10 hr
Oct 1, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXOtoe50 hr
Oct 1, 12:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders7 hr
Oct 1, 12:51 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Saline, Seward7 hr
Oct 1, 1:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaunders21 days
Oct 1, 12:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXShelby2 hr
Oct 1, 12:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXMontgomery9 hr
Oct 1, 2:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby10 hr
Oct 1, 3:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont4 days
Oct 1, 3:19 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXFremont, Page7 hr
Oct 1, 3:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont, Mills48 hr
Oct 1, 8:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXPottawattamie21 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.