⚠️ Flood Warning – Cass, NE; Lancaster, NE; Sarpy, NE; Saunders, NE – Thursday, October 1, 2026

Flood Warning issued October 1 at 2:54AM CDT until October 1 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE…Southwestern Sarpy County in east central Nebraska…
Southeastern Saunders County in east central Nebraska…
Western Cass County in southeastern Nebraska…
East Central Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska…

* WHEN…Until 100 PM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS…Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 251 AM CDT, emergency management reported ongoing flooding
southeast of Ashland due to heavy rain from thunderstorms.
Flooding is ongoing. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain have fallen.
– Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the
warned area.
– Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Eagle, Elmwood, Greenwood, Murdock, Walton, Alvo, South Bend,
Mahoney State Park, Camp Carol Joy Holling, Schramm Park State
Recreation Area, Platte River State Park and Louisville State
Recreation Area.
– This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 412
and 426.
– For flood safety information, visit weather.gov/safety/flood.

Instructions

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.