Weather Alerts For Osceola, NE

# HEADLINE -------------------- FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. WHERE Portions of north central Kansas, including the following counties, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks and Smith and Nebraska, including the following counties, Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Howard, Kearney, Merrick, Nance, Nuckolls, Phelps, Polk, Sherman, Thayer, Valley, Webster and York. WHEN Through Sunday morning. IMPACTS Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. ADDITIONAL DETAILS - Through roughly sunrise Sunday morning, the entire Watch area will be prone to seeing one or more rounds of thunderstorms producing heavy rain, primarily occurring Saturday evening into early Sunday morning. For the majority of the Watch area, 24-hour rainfall totals by sunrise Sunday will likely reach 1 to 3 inches, but small portions of the area could end up with at least 3 to 6 inches of total rainfall, including rain that already fell during the day Saturday. Due to the combination of upcoming and previously-fallen rain, various pockets of the Watch area could experience flooding or flash flooding issues into early Sunday morning. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood ISSUED AT Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Hastings NE HEADER URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED | Flood Watch # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Nuckolls, Phelps, Sherman, Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Howard, Jewell, Kearney, Merrick, Mitchell, Nance, Osborne, Phillips, Polk, Rooks, Smith, Thayer, Valley, Webster, York Including the cities of Smith Center, Elwood, Greeley, Phillipsburg, Codell, Blue Hill, Bostwick, Genoa, Osborne, Cozad, Stromsburg, Hildreth, Osceola, Hollinger, Fairfield, Aurora, Scotia, Ord, Red Cloud, Downs, Ionia, Beloit, St. Paul, Willow Island, Minden, Cambridge, Polk, Loup City, Hebron, Burr Oak, Sherman Reservoir, Bellaire, Deshler, Mankato, Oxford, Bladen, Litchfield, Stockton, Wolbach, Fullerton, Gothenburg, Kearney, Plainville, Clay Center, Geneva, Fairmont, Orleans, Kensington, Jewell, Harvard, Arapahoe, Beaver City, Franklin, Superior, Nelson, Edgar, Alma, Lexington, Johnson Lake, York, Shelby, Sutton, Rosemont, Hastings, Inavale, Spalding, Grand Island, Holdrege, Exeter, Central City, and Campbell

Closest strike: 3.37 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF KANSAS SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms remain likely across parts of the central Plains this evening into late tonight. Large hail, severe winds (some 75+ mph), and a few tornadoes are possible. Central Plains An intense supercell cluster over northwest KS is expected to grow at least modestly upscale with time this evening, and spread east-southeastward across parts of northern/central KS, while more isolated supercells may evolve across southwest KS and move toward south-central KS through at least dusk. MLCAPE of near/above 2000 J/kg and effective shear of 50+ kt will continue to support organized storms with large hail (potentially 2+ inches in diameter with any sustained supercells), severe wind gusts (possibly 75+ mph), and some tornado potential, especially with storms that persist into richer low-level moisture across central/eastern KS. Storm evolution remains somewhat uncertain overnight into eastern KS and western MO, but a storm cluster and possible MCS may continue through the end of the period, with severe-wind potential, and some hail and tornado threat with any embedded supercells. Farther northeast, elevated supercells may continue to pose a threat of hail and isolated strong to severe gusts from southeast NE into northeast KS through dusk. See MCD 1215 for more information. To the west, a cluster of storms with a history of measured severe gusts is moving into parts of southwest SD and the NE Panhandle. Increasing CINH with time and eastward extent should result in a gradual weakening trend, though some severe threat will remain possible into mid/late evening across the NE Sand Hills region. See MCD 1218 for more information. Some threat for isolated supercells may persist farther south into northeast CO through dusk, with a threat of hail. Other remnant high-based convection may pose a threat of localized severe gusts through dusk across parts of western/central WY.