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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

815 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER FREMONT COUNTY YET 

THIS MORNING...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS SHIFTED 

SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...REPORTS ARE COMING INTO THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OF 4.5 TO OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR AND 

NORTH OF NEBRASKA CITY.  THERE IS A CONTINUED RISK OF FLASH FLOODING 

NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN NORTHEAST OTOE COUNTY AS WELL AS 

WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY.



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

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

FEET OF WATER WILL CAUSE MOST VEHICLES TO FLOAT...AND CARRY THEM 

AWAY.



LAT...LON 4090 9552 4062 9543 4053 9604 4079 9600



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