Flood Watches in Nebraska
157 flood watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 157
- Busiest year
- 202625 flood watches
- Average year
- 9over 18 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cass County30
- Douglas County26
- Otoe County26
- Sarpy County26
- Butler County25
- Johnson County25
- Saunders County25
- Cuming County24
- Dodge County24
- Nemaha County24
- Pawnee County24
- Richardson County24
- Washington County24
- Lancaster County23
- Colfax County21
- Madison County21
- Platte County21
- Seward County21
- Stanton County21
- Burt County20
- Jefferson County20
- Saline County20
- Gage County20
- Clay County19
- Franklin County19
- Harlan County19
- Dundy County19
- Adams County18
- Buffalo County18
- Custer County18
- Dawson County18
- Furnas County18
- Nuckolls County18
- Thayer County18
- Webster County18
- York County18
- Red Willow County18
- Antelope County17
- Pierce County17
- Wayne County17
53 more counties
- Fillmore County17
- Greeley County17
- Hamilton County17
- Phelps County17
- Sherman County17
- Valley County17
- Thurston County16
- Gosper County16
- Hall County16
- Howard County16
- Kearney County16
- Polk County16
- Banner County16
- Kimball County16
- Hitchcock County16
- Dakota County15
- Dixon County14
- Merrick County14
- Nance County14
- Scotts Bluff County14
- Cheyenne County13
- Hayes County13
- Lincoln County13
- Morrill County13
- Cedar County12
- Box Butte County12
- Chase County12
- Frontier County12
- Perkins County12
- Sioux County12
- Boone County11
- Blaine County11
- Garfield County11
- Holt County11
- Loup County11
- Dawes County11
- Keith County11
- Knox County10
- Boyd County10
- Keya Paha County10
- Rock County10
- Wheeler County10
- Brown County9
- McPherson County8
- Arthur County7
- Hooker County7
- Logan County6
- Thomas County6
- Deuel County5
- Grant County5
- Cherry County4
- Garden County4
- Sheridan County4
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 11:24 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha and 4 more | 50 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:35 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LBF | Chase, Deuel, Keith, Perkins | 10 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:12 AM CDT | Flood Watch | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:16 PM CDT | Flood Watch | CYS | Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill | 11 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:52 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OAX | Burt, Cuming, Dodge, Thurston, Washington | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:42 AM CDT | Flood Watch | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 19 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:44 AM CDT | Flood Watch | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 40 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:59 PM CDT | Flood Watch | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 9 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:40 PM CDT | Flood Watch | OAX | Antelope, Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Knox, Madison and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:17 PM CDT | Flood Watch | FSD | Dakota, Dixon | 16 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:51 PM CDT | Flood Watch | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 3 days |
| Jun 20, 11:08 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LBF | Custer | 20 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.