Flood Watch issued for Eastern Nebraska

FLOOD WATCH FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST

NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN

EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA, BUTLER, DODGE, DOUGLAS, SARPY, SAUNDERS AND

WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, ANTELOPE, COLFAX, CUMING,

MADISON, PLATTE AND STANTON. IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, CASS.* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING* TEMPERATURES AVERAGING THE 40S AND 50S THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL

CONTINUE TO MELT SNOW WHICH WILL GO INTO THE RIVER SYSTEM. THIS

EXTRA WATER COMBINED WITH THINNING OF RIVER ICE MAY CAUSE ICE

BREAK UP AND EVENTUAL ICE JAMS.* LOWLANDS NEAR THE PLATTE AND ELKHORN RIVERS MAY EXPERIENCE FLOOD

WATERS IF ICE JAMS OCCUR. LARGE SLABS OF ICE MAY ALSO BE LIFTED

ONTO THE SHORE.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.