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Flooding closes roads, traps vehicles after storm rolls through Lincoln

ALYSSA JOHNSON Lincoln Journal Star
Aug 19, 2026
Aug 19, 2026 Updated 2 hrs ago
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Weather feature, 8.19 — A vehicle drivers through water on North 84th Street on Wednesday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

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Flooding closed roads and trapped vehicles after a thunderstorm packing heavy rain swept through Lincoln on Wednesday afternoon.

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Water Rescue — A Chevrolet Traverse is trapped in floodwaters under the overpass on North 48th Street near Cornhusker Highway on Wednesday.
ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

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Jeremy Seffron, stormwater equipment operator II with the City of Lincoln, speaks at the scene of a vehicle water rescue on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026 at a low-slung railway bridge underpass near the intersection of 48th Street and Cornhusker Highway and in Lincoln.

Photos: Storm rolls through Lincoln on Wednesday

Weather feature, 8.19 — People walk along the billy wolff trail while water cascades over the Antelope Valley Project dam during a sudden downpour, causing it to overflow into the spillway on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Lincoln.
KENNETH FERRIERA,Journal Star

Weather feature, 8.19 — City engineers check on the Antelope Valley Project dam after a sudden downpour causes it to overflow into the spillway on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Lincoln.
KENNETH FERRIERA,Journal Star

Weather feature, 8.19 — A vehicle hits flood water while heading north on 84th street through a sudden downpour on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Lincoln.
KENNETH FERRIERA,Journal Star

Weather feature, 8.19 — A vehicle hits a pocket of flood water while heading north on 84th street through a sudden downpour on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Lincoln.
KENNETH FERRIERA,Journal Star

Weather feature, 8.19 — A vehicle drivers through water on North 84th Street on Wednesday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Weather feature, 8.19 — Vehicles hit a pocket of flood water while heading north on 84th street through a sudden downpour on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Lincoln.
KENNETH FERRIERA,Journal Star

Weather feature, 8.19 — Vehicles hit a pocket of flood water while heading north on 84th street through a sudden downpour on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Lincoln.
KENNETH FERRIERA,Journal Star

Water Rescue — A Chevrolet Traverse is trapped in floodwaters under the overpass on North 48th Street near Cornhusker Highway on Wednesday.
ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

Water Rescue — An unoccupied vehicle sits flooded in a low-slung railroad underpass near Cornhusker Highway and 48th Street on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Lincoln.
ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

Water Rescue — An unoccupied vehicle sits flooded in a low-slung railroad underpass near Cornhusker Highway and 48th Street on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Lincoln.
ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

Water Rescue — Two unoccupied vehicles sit flooded in a low-slung railroad underpass near Cornhusker Highway and 48th Street on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Lincoln.
ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

Reach the writer at 402-473-7241 or ajohnson2@journalstar.com. On Twitter @ajohnson6170

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