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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

1045 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



...ADDITIONAL FLOODING NOT LIKELY FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TONIGHT BUT 

MORE RAIN LIKELY LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR 

SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FOR TONIGHT.  THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 

TUESDAY UNTIL 600 PM FOR SALINE...NEMAHA...GAGE...JOHNSON... 

JEFFERSON...RICHARDSON AND PAWNEE COUNTIES.



ALTHOUGH RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST 

NEBRASKA TONIGHT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT LIKELY AT MOST AREAS.  THUS 

THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR TONIGHT.  THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN 

ALSO APPEARS A LITTLE LESS ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER... 

WITH THE SOIL SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS OVER THE WEEKEND AND 

STREAMS AND RIVERS RUNNING HIGH...EVEN RAINFALL OF LESS THAN 1 INCH 

OVER LARGER AREAS COULD PRODUCE SOME FLOODING.  THUS THE WATCH 

REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY.  



OVERNIGHT IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF NEBRASKA NEAR A STALLED FRONT OVER KANSAS.  AS 

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA LATE 

TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SOME OF THIS RAIN COULD SPREAD NORTH INTO 

SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.



PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND 

STATEMENTS REGARDING THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT BY STAYING TUNED TO NOAA 

WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS.



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