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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

1034 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1028 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM 33 MILES WEST OF BLOOMFIELD TO BLOOMFIELD...OR FROM 27   

  MILES NORTHEAST OF ONEILL TO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YANKTON.  THE

  STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND ADDITIONAL STORMS

  NORTHWEST OF KNOX COUNTY WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

PARTS OF KNOX COUNTY THIS EVENING.  THIS IS ON TOP OF ONE TO OVER 2 

INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL OVER A LARGE PART OF THE COUNTY LAST NIGHT.

LAST NIGHTS RAIN SATURATED THE GROUND AND WAS CAUSING SOME STREAMS 

AND DITCHES TO ALREADY RUN HIGHER THAN NORMAL.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER KNOX COUNTY INTO EARLY TUESDAY 

MORNING.

  

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.



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

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

OMAHA.



LAT...LON 4278 9847 4259 9763 4243 9697 4262 9781



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