Saturday, June 6, 2015

Pray For No More Rain: Storms Expected Today Through Sunday


Turkey Creek near Dorchester (Photo by Amanda Nohavec)
Pray for no more rain.

The Lincoln Journal Star is reporting that with more rain on the way Saturday night, residents and landowners along the West Fork of the Big Blue River in southern York and northern Fillmore counties were preparing for the worst flooding in 50 years.

The crest of the West Fork of the Big Blue River was expected to reach the town of McCool Junction on Saturday evening.  To the west, near Stockham in Hamilton County, landowners reported water on the West Fork of the Big Blue was the highest they'd seen in 80 years.

Our surrounding area has seen as much as 7 inches of rain since Wednesday.  In Dorchester, we've received around 6" since mid-week.  This is on top of a record-setting May, where parts of Saline County saw better than 14" over 31 days.

Elsewhere, U.S. 136 remains closed in west Beatrice due to flooding along the Big Blue River. The Big Blue in Beatrice was nearly 7 feet above its 18.0-foot flood stage on Saturday morning.

Flood warnings were up for the Big Blue from Crete to Barneston, the West Fork of the Big Blue to Dorchester, the Little Blue at Fairbury, the Big Nemaha at Falls City, Turkey Creek at Wilber and the Missouri at Rulo.

The chance of rain returns Saturday afternoon and evening, with severe weather possible. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threat, with the areas of Columbus, Norfolk and South Sioux City in the target area for severe weather.

In Dorchester, there's a 30-50% chance of rain or thunderstorms after 2 p.m., with rain 80-90% likely Saturday evening into Sunday morning.

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