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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

450 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN FREMONT AND EASTERN 

OTOE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 450 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN OTOE COUNTY 

NEBRASKA AND MOST OF FREMONT COUNTY IOWA.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AT 

LEAST 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THAT AREA...AND SOME 

LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST OTOE COUNTY POSSIBLY HAVE RECEIVED AROUND 5 

INCHES.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO SHIFT SOUTH OF THE 

AREA...THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 600 AM COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 1/2 INCH 

TO 1 INCH OF RAIN.



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

AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL. THIS

INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

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



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.



LAT...LON 4093 9562 4058 9553 4055 9613 4079 9604



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