Oct 22, 2008
A large and slow moving upper level system brought widespread heavy rain to a large part of eastern Nebraska on October 21 and October 22. Rainfall of 1.5 to 3 inches was common for the 24 hours ending 7am CDT October 22 over the Turkey Creek, the middle and upper sections of the Big Blue River and the Wahoo Creek basins. The heavy rain caused flooding along Turkey Creek near Wilber, along Sand and Wahoo Creeks near Wahoo and Ithaca and the Big Blue River from around Milford downstream through
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 137085). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Seward County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.