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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

845 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEWARD AND SALINE COUNTIES

UNTIL 245 PM CDT...



AT 815AM CDT...THE SALINE COUNTY ROADS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THE 

FOLLOWING ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING...



...COUNTY ROAD 1600 BETWEEN HH AND II

...COUNTY ROAD D NEAR FRIEND BETWEEN 100 AND 200

...COUNTY ROAD 400 B AND C

...COUNTY ROAD C A TWO MILE STRETCH BETWEEN 200 AND 400



AT 830 AM CDT... SEWARD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER WEST OF BEAVER CROSSING WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS.



DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING

THUNDERSTORMS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF CONTINUES TO PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SEWARD AND SALINE COUNTIES 

HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS

A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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



LAT...LON 4039 9735 4036 9696 4103 9694 4100 9733



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