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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

630 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 630 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAD SHIFTED TO EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY.  

ANOTHER 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THERE.  THE THUNDERSTORM 

ACTIVITY HAS ENDED ACROSS OTOE COUNTY.



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

NORTHEAST OTOE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST FREMONT COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT.  

EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THAT AREA...LOCALIZED FLASH 

FLOODING REMAINS IMMINENT.  ESPECIALLY ALONG WEEPING WATER CREEK 

TRIBUTARIES IN NORTHERN OTOE COUNTY...LOCAL CREEKS NEAR NEBRASKA 

CITY AND PLUM CREEK IN WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY.  NISHNABOTNA 

TRIBUTARIES WEST OF SIDNEY AND HAMBURG WILL ALSO BE RUNNING HIGH.



PLEASE REPORT HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

 

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.



LAT...LON 4092 9556 4065 9541 4055 9607 4078 9599



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