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Severe Weather & Flooding Information

NWS

UPDATE --- 1:46 p.m.: The Flash Flood Warning issued for the Platte River area from Schuyler to Ashland has expired.

The Omaha metro and surrounding areas are under Flood Watch until 7 p.m. tonight, a Flood Warning until 6:30 p.m. tonight, and a Wind Advisory until 8 p.m. tonight.

According to the National Weather Service, widespread moderate to major flooding is ongoing along the Missouri and Platte rivers.  Officials are encouraging residents living in the area along the Platte from Schuyler to Ashland to seek higher ground immediately.  That area is under a Flash Flood Warning until 1:45 p.m. this afternoon.

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For more information on weather and flooding conditions throughout the Omaha metro, click here for Omaha's National Weather Service office. Traffic information can be found at Nebraska's 511 Travel information site.