Active Alerts Yorkshire, IA

Flood Warning
Issued at Thu 8:36 PM Jun. 27
Issued by: National Weather Service
Recommended Action

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flooddeaths occur in vehicles.Additional information is available at water.noaa.gov.

Description

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers inMissouri...Nebraska...Iowa...Missouri River At Rulo affecting Holt and Richardson Counties.Missouri River At Nebraska City affecting Otoe and FremontCounties.Missouri River At Brownville affecting Atchison and NemahaCounties.Missouri River at Plattsmouth affecting Mills and Cass Counties.Missouri River At Omaha affecting Sarpy, Pottawattamie andDouglas Counties.Missouri River Near Blair affecting Harrison, Pottawattamie andWashington Counties.Missouri River At Decatur affecting Thurston, Burt and MononaCounties.* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding isforecast. This approaches the flood of record.* WHERE...Missouri River near Blair.* WHEN...Until late Monday morning.* IMPACTS...At 33.5 feet, Water reaches levels not seen since theflood of 1952. Major flooding will be occurring from Blair toFort Calhoun.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...- At 8:00 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 31.6 feet...or 5.1 feetabove flood stage.- Bankfull stage is 27.0 feet.- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the last 24hours was 32.2 feet.- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 31.8feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall belowflood stage early Monday morning.- Flood stage is 26.5 feet.