NWS Omaha/Valley NEFF.W 0041September 30, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Lancaster, Saline and Seward, NE
The National Weather Service office in Omaha/Valley issued a flash flood warning for Lancaster, Saline and Seward in Nebraska, which was in force until 11:45 p.m. local time on September 30. It was the 41st flash flood warning the NWS office in Omaha/Valley issued in 2026. Nebraska had 9 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 4 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Nebraska's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.4 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Omaha/Valley NE
- Area
- Lancaster, Saline and Seward
- State
- Nebraska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:24 p.m. CDT, September 30, 2026
- Expires
- 11:45 p.m. CDT, September 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOAX FF.W 0041
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska since 2008Every warning type in Nebraska
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The notice as issued
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.
What the agency told people to do
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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.