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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

822 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE 

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

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AT 821 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH 

AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF PAGE COUNTY...AND 

ANOTHER 1 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY 10 PM.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES IN STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS APPEAR TO HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHWEST PAGE 

COUNTY...AND WILL CAUSE HIGH WATER IN TRIBUTARIES RUNNING INTO THE 

TARKIO AND NISHNABOTNA RIVERS.  



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



NIETFELD

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