October 1, 2026

Midwest Storm Chasers

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⚠️ Flood Warning – Fremont, IA; Otoe, NE – Thursday, October 1, 2026

Event Flood Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Expected
Certainty Likely
Area Fremont, IA; Otoe, NE
Effective 10/1/2026, 9:42:00 AM CDT
Expires 10/1/2026, 9:45:00 PM CDT

Flood Warning issued October 1 at 9:42AM CDT until October 3 at 12:00PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

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

Missouri River At Nebraska City affecting Fremont and Otoe
Counties.

Additional information is available at water.noaa.gov.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 945 PM CDT.

* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE…Missouri River at Nebraska City.

* WHEN…From this evening to Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS…At 20.0 feet, Though flooding is already ongoing, this is
the level when flooding starts becoming more impactful, especially
to agricultural areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 9:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 14.3 feet.
– Bankfull stage is 18.0 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage this
evening to a crest of 18.9 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will
then fall below flood stage early Saturday morning.
– Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
– Flood History…This crest compares to a previous crest of 19.0
feet on 06/12/1971.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood


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