Flood Advisory

* WHAT...Flooding caused by earlier excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...Southeastern Franklin County in south central Nebraska... Webster County in south central Nebraska...

* WHEN...Until 900 PM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1143 AM CDT, various rainfall observations, automated river gauges, and ground-truth reports from observers indicated that at least 3 to 5 inches of rain had fallen within the area mainly over the last 24 hours, resulting in continued minor flooding along area creeks and rivers, and some rural roads. In most places, water levels should continue to very slowly recede through the rest of today, as water increasingly drains into more mainstem rivers such as Republican River. The Republican River itself is actually covered by separate Flood Warnings at this time.

This areal Flood Advisory effectively replaces an areal Flood Warning in effect for the same area that was set to expire at 12 PM CDT today. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Big Cottonwood Creek, Calumet Creek, Reams Creek, Walnut Creek, Beaver Creek, Wortham Creek, Crow Creek, Flat Creek, West Fork Elm Creek, West Fork Farmers Creek, East Fork Farmers Creek, Elm Creek, West Penny Creek, Little Cottonwood Creek, Oak Creek, School Creek, Spring Creek, West Branch Thompson Creek, Crooked Auger Creek, Dove Creek, Advent Creek, Crooked Creek, Vinning Creek, Cedar Creek, East Branch Thompson Creek, Ash Creek, Farmers Creek, Middle Branch Thompson Creek, Rankin Creek, East Fork Elm Creek, Liberty Creek, Rock Creek, Ayres Creek, Rabbit Run Creek, Dry Creek, Thompson Creek, Moorehouse Creek. - Some locations that could experience flooding include... Red Cloud, Franklin, Blue Hill, Campbell, Bladen, Guide Rock, Bloomington, Riverton, Cowles, Inavale and Rosemont. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood