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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

1005 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

  OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1000 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN OTOE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES 

WITH LOWLAND AND SOME ROAD FLOODING. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 

50 ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF SYRACUSE NEBRASKA. OTHER WATER WAS 

REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 75 SOUTH OF NEBRASKA CITY. DITCHES WERE 

REPORTED FULL IN JOHNSON COUNTY.   



RUNOFF FROM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.





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