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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

401 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

  FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 358 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NORTHEAST OTOE COUNTY NEBRASKA INTO FREMONT 

  COUNTY IOWA.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED AT LEAST 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN   

  ACROSS THAT AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY 

  CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 530 AM WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...WEEPING WATER TRIBUTARIES IN NORTHERN    

  OTOE COUNTY.  LOCAL CREEKS NEAR NEBRASKA CITY.  PLUM CREEK IN      

  WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY.  NISHNABOTNA TRIBUTARIES NEAR WEST OF     

  SIDNEY AND HAMBURG.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 4083 9560 4062 9553 4058 9594 4079 9619



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