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National Weather Service Issues Tornado Warning and Flash Flood Warning for Lancaster County

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for southwestern Lancaster County, southeastern Seward County and northeastern Saline County in southeastern Nebraska until 12:15 a.m.

At 11:27 p.m. CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 3 miles southwest of Crete, or 22 miles southwest of Lincoln, moving east at 25 mph.

The NWS has issued a flash flood warning for central Lancaster County until 2:45 a.m.

According to the NWS, Doppler radar and automatic rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain in the warning area. Up to 1 inch of rain fell. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in one hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warning area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

The NWS has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lancaster, Saline and Seward counties.

At 11:20 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located four miles northwest of Crete, or 17 miles south of Seward, moving east at 35 mph.

News Source : www.1011now.com
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