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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

235 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SAUNDERS AND LANCASTER 

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 235 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MUCH OF LANCASTER

COUNTY.  MORE HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION.  SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED

IN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN THE ASHLAND AREA...WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT

REPORTED A WASHOUT OF PART OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE NEAR THE

INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 6 AND 63.  FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED

IN THE SALT CREEK BASIN...ROCK CREEK...AND ALSO THE SOUTHERN

PART OF WAHOO CREEK THROUGH 800 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE

THE DANGERS OF ROAD AND STREAM FLOODING.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO 

FLOODED AREAS.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

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

THEM AWAY.



LAT...LON 4124 9647 4053 9646 4053 9690 4129 9691



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