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065>068-078-088>093-031500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

600 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST

IOWA THIS MORNING...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND 

SOUTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 10 AM CDT.  THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG 

AND SOUTHEAST OF A ST. EDWARD TO STANTON TO EMERSON LINE.  SOME 

CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE OMAHA...LINCOLN...FREMONT... 

BEATRICE AND FALLS CITY IN NEBRASKA...AND COUNCIL BLUFFS...HARLAN 

AND CLARINDA IN IOWA.



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING THAT 

EXTENDED FROM WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OMAHA METRO AREA THRU LINCOLN 

TO NORTWEST OF FAIRBURY. THE GRAETEST RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IN 

THIS AREA HAS BEEN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES IN WESTERN DOUGLAS...SOUTHEAST

SAUNDERS...NORTHEAST LANCASTER AND WESTERN SALINE COUNTIES. AN AREA 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES SURROUNDED THIS AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY THIS MORNING BUT THE HEAVY RAIN AREA 

HAD SHIFTED EAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST 

IOWA AT 6 AM. WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUES TO LINGER OVER EAST CENTRAL 

NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING

IN THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS

ISSUED.



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FOBERT

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