Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE

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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
1108 AM CDT Sun Jun 23 2024

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Nebraska...

  Ponca Creek At Verdel affecting Knox County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at water.noaa.gov.



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NEC107-241615-
/O.EXT.KOAX.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-240624T1700Z/
/VERN1.2.ER.000000T0000Z.240623T0545Z.240624T1400Z.NO/
1108 AM CDT Sun Jun 23 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Ponca Creek at Verdel.

* WHEN...Until early tomorrow afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, Minor rural lowlands begin to flood.
  At 13.5 feet, At this level Rayder Swanson Road floods.
  At 15.0 feet, Urban lowlands near Ponca Creek at Verdel and Lynch
  can flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:15 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 15.2 feet...or 1.7 feet
    above flood stage.
  - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the last 24
    hours was 15.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
    late tomorrow morning and continue falling to 8.7 feet Friday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 13.5 feet.


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LAT...LON 4283 9831 4283 9825 4282 9824 4282 9820
      4281 9819 4282 9817 4282 9812 4281 9811
      4280 9811 4280 9814 4281 9817 4280 9819
      4280 9824 4281 9826 4282 9829 4282 9831


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