⚠️ Flood Warning – Seward, NE – Thursday, October 1, 2026

Flood Warning issued October 1 at 12:59AM CDT until October 3 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

…The National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Nebraska…

Lincoln Creek Near Seward affecting Seward County.

Additional information is available at water.noaa.gov.

The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 100 PM CDT.

* WHAT…Moderate flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of
record.

* WHERE…Lincoln Creek near Seward.

* WHEN…From early this morning to Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS…At 20.0 feet, Backwater effects the mouth of the creek
and may affect the gage as well. When both the Blue and Lincoln
Creeks are high and overflowing, a lake is created near the gage.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 11:45 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 14.2 feet.
– Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.
– Forecast…The river will rise above flood stage early this
morning to 18.7 feet this morning. It will then fall this
evening. It will rise to 17.8 feet just after midnight tonight.
It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon to 7.4
feet early Sunday afternoon. It will rise to 7.7 feet early
Monday afternoon. It will then fall again and remain below flood
stage.
– Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
– Flood History…This crest compares to a previous crest of 18.6
feet on 06/16/1982.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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