Areas of Excessive Rainfall, Severe Thunderstorms, and Wildfire Smoke Today

Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are expected to expand further east each day from the southern High Plains to the Tennessee and Lower Ohio Valleys today through Saturday. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flooding to parts of the Four Corners/Desert Southwest, coastal Carolinas, and Midwest regions today. Wildfire smoke will continue unhealthy air quality in the Midwest today. Read More >

The table below lists some proposed flood stage changes. These changes are a result of the observed impacts during the March 2019 flood. This changes will take effect on September 16, 2019. Please provide feedback before that date to David Pearson.

Location	River	Moderate Flood Stage	Major Flood Stage
North Bend	Platte River	lower to 10 feet	lower to 11.5 feet
Ashland	Platte River	no change	lower to 23.5 feet
Ashland	Salt Creek	lower to 21 feet	no change
Crete	Big Blue River	no change	raise to 31 feet
Columbus	Loup River	lower to 13 feet	lower to 17 feet
Ithaca	Wahoo Creek	lower to 20.5 feet	no change
Mapleton	Maple River	lower to 22 feet	lower to 23 feet
Niobrara	Niobrara River	lower to 38 feet	lower to 41 feet
Randolph	West Nishnabotna River	no change	raise to 27 feet
Walthill	South Omaha Creek	change to 23 feet	change to 24.5 feet
Pilger	Elkhorn River	raise to 15 feet	raise to 17 feet
West Point	Elkhorn River	no change	lower to 17.0 feet
Winslow	Elkhorn River	no change	lower to 23 feet

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Areas of Excessive Rainfall, Severe Thunderstorms, and Wildfire Smoke Today

Flood Stage Changes