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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

1150 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JOHNSON AND OTOE COUNTIES 

UNTIL 200 AM CDT...



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED ...NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS OTOE AND JOHNSON COUNTY. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WATER IS NOW STARTING TO RECEDE OFF OF HIGHWAY 

50 SOUTH OF SYRACUSE. HOWEVER EARLIER AT 1045 PM...FLOODING AROUND 

SYRACUSE REPORTEDLY WAS FORCING SOME EVACUATIONS AT A TRAILER PARK. 

SHARP RISES AND FLOODING ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING 

ALONG THE LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER SOUTH THROUGH AUBURN. 



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

DANGERS OF ROAD AND STREAM FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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



LAT...LON 4075 9609 4035 9609 4035 9642 4076 9642



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