⚠️ Flood Warning – Butler, NE; Jefferson, NE; Lancaster, NE; Saline, NE; Saunders, NE; Seward, NE – Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Flood Warning issued September 30 at 11:37PM CDT until October 1 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is ongoing.

* WHERE…Southern Butler County in east central Nebraska…
Southwestern Saunders County in east central Nebraska…
Northern Jefferson County in southeastern Nebraska…
Northwestern Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska…
Western Saline County in southeastern Nebraska…
Seward 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 1136 PM CDT, the public reported ongoing flooding in Beaver
Crossing. Flooding is already occurring. Between 3 and 5 inches
of rain have fallen.
– Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in
the warned area.
– Some locations that will experience 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.
– 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.