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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

327 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 

630 AM CDT...



ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO CURRENT REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN

RECEIVED FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY...THERE IS STILL A RISK OF FLASH

FLOODING.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED

IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY SINCE LAST EVENING.  FLOODING

OF CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS IS POSSIBLE.



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.  MOST FLOOD DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS 

IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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