1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 1:50 AM CST, 8 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 250 AM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002 STRONG UPR LOW OVR ERN OR SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. NOSE OF JET STREAK OVR NRN UT IS AIDING ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS WRN KS...SRN SD AND N CNTRL NEB. MID LEVEL MOIST ADVECTION MOST LIKELY HELPING THESE OUT OVR N CNTRL NEB WITH WEAK SHORTWAVE NOTED OVR ERN CO. OTHERWISE...AMPLE LOW LVL MOISTURE WITH RECENT HEAVY RAINS...LIGHT WINDS AND A FEW AREAS OF CLEAR SKIES MEANS PATCHY FOG FOR THE AM. SHOULD NOT BE WIDESPREAD OVER CWFA AS ANVIL BLOWOFF FM REGIONAL CONVECTION WL HELP INHIBIT FORMATION OVER LARGE AREA. LO SLOWLY PUSHES NEWD AND A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES ARE EJECTED INTO THE CNTRL US THRU SUN...THEN ARE MORE CONCENTRATED IN THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK AS THE LO OPENS UP OVR THE SRN PRAIRIE PROVINCES. FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEST FORCING AND DEEP MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO BE JUST TO THE SW OF THE AREA OVR S CNTRL NEB/N CNTRL KS. HOWEVER LOOKING AT ETA OMEGA FIELDS...WL NEED TO CONT WITH 40% POPS OVR SWRN ZONES AND TAPER BACK TO 20S FUTHERN N AND E. LOOKS DRY FOR SUN. AVN AND ETA DISAGREE ON POSITIONING OF SHORTWAVE OVERNIGHT SUN. ETA BRINGS IT FUTHERN S INTO NERN NEB BY 12Z MON AND DEVELOPS PRECIP OVR NRN 1/2 OF CWFA. WL CONT DRY FORECAST FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE. NEW MODELS ARE HOLDING BACK THE CDFNT THAT WAS SLATED TO ENTER AREA ON WED AS THEY QUICKLY MOVE SFC LO INTO HUDSONS BAY. SO...HAVE PACKED OFF ON POPS AND COOLER TEMPS. UPPER RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN POSITIONED OVR SWRN US BEGINS TO CNTR OVR TX. OTHERWISE...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO EXTENDED. .OMA...NONE. GRIFFIS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A relatively brief but very heavy rainstorm hit Seward around noon. Although official rainfall was around 1 inch, some places in town received up to 3 inches in around 30 minutes. The heavy rain flooded a few streets and yards and entered a few basements, however no major damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, August 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5313829.