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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

158 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINCOLN



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS LANCASTER AND

  SOUTHERN SAUNDERS COUNTIES.  RAINFALL WAS VERY HEAVY IN NORTHERN

  LANCASTER COUNTY LAST NIGHT.  THIS GROUND IN THIS AREA IS

  ALREADY QUITE WET.  RUNOFF FROM STORMS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS FLOOD

  PROBLEMS.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

  THE SALT CREEK BASIN IN LANCASTER COUNTY

  ROCK CREEK IN SAUNDERS COUNTY AND LANCASTER COUNTY

  THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE WAHOO CREEK BASIN



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  IN ADDITION...

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.  MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE VEHICLE

RELATED.



LAT...LON 4128 9644 4054 9646 4053 9690 4130 9691



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