⚠️ Flash Flood Warning – Lancaster, NE; Saline, NE; Seward, NE – Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Flash Flood Warning issued September 30 at 9:24PM CDT until September 30 at 11:45PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

FFWOAX

The National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for…
Northwestern Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska…
Western Saline County in southeastern Nebraska…
Seward County in southeastern Nebraska…

* Until 1145 PM CDT.

* At 924 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour.
Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.

HAZARD…Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include…
Seward, Milford, Friend, Utica, Dorchester, Beaver Crossing,
Malcolm, Staplehurst, Garland, Pleasant Dale, Bee, Raymond,
Goehner, Cordova, Tobias, Blue River State Recreation Area, Tamora,
Pawnee State Recreation Area, Swan Creek Reservoir Number 2 and The
Highway 41 and 15 South Junction.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 366 and
390.

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.