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FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

435 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA CONTINUED 

TODAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR  

SALINE...NEMAHA...GAGE...JOHNSON...JEFFERSON...PAWNEE...AND 

RICHARDSON COUNTIES...OR ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CRETE TO 

BEATRICE TO AUBURN.  



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN TO SOUTHEAST 

NEBRASKA FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY.  SOUTHEAST  NEBRASKA WITHIN 

ABOUT 50 MILES OF THE KANSAS BORDER HAD RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS SUNDAY 

AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.  



THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FOR FROM THE WEST COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS IN 

PARTS OF THIS AREA AGAIN TODAY.  THE SATURATED CONDITIONS MAKE IT 

LIKELY THAT ANY HEAVY RAINS COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREAMS... 

FIELDS...ROADS AND STREETS.  IN ADDITION RAPID RISES IN THE LARGE 

STREAMS MAY RESULT.  



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE 

FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER 

BEGINS RISING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



POWERS 

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