⚠️ Flood Warning – Clay, NE; Fillmore, NE; Hamilton, NE; Merrick, NE; Nance, NE; Polk, NE; York, NE – Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Flood Warning issued November 3 at 2:35PM CST until November 4 at 3:00PM CST by NWS Hastings NE

Details

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE…Merrick County in central Nebraska…
Nance County in central Nebraska…
Polk County in east central Nebraska…
York County in east central Nebraska…
Northern Clay County in south central Nebraska…
Northwestern Fillmore County in south central Nebraska…
Hamilton County in south central Nebraska…

* WHEN…Until 300 PM CST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS…Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous rural
roads are either closed or in very poor condition.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 232 PM CST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain from last evening into today. Flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 3 and 4.5
inches of rain have fallen.
– This includes the following streams and drainages…
Wood River, Indian Creek, Warm Slough, Beaver Creek, Cedar River,
Timber Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Rock Creek, Looking Glass Creek,
Clear Creek, Elk Run Creek, Silver Creek, Prairie Slough, Lincoln
Creek, Davis Creek, Sleepy Hollow Creek, Antelope Creek, Moores
Creek, Prairie Creek, West Fork Big Blue River, Stone Creek, Ash
Creek, Plum Creek, School Creek, Coon Branch Lincoln Creek, Dry
Run Creek, Big Blue River, Horse Creek, Council Creek and Elk
Creek. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible
in the warned area.
– Some locations that will experience flooding include…
York, Aurora, Central City, Fullerton, Stromsburg, Harvard,
Genoa, Henderson, Osceola, Shelby, Palmer, Hampton, McCool
Junction, Clarks, Silver Creek, Giltner, Polk, Chapman, Phillips
and Bradshaw.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

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

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