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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

713 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SARPY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE...



WATER OVER HIGHWAY 6 ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF ASHLAND IS NO LONGER A 

PROBLEM AS THAT AREA IS OPEN.  AN AREA OF CONSTRUCTION WAS CLOSED 

LATE LAST EVENING NEAR 234TH AND PFLUG DUE TO RISING WATER BUT THAT 

HAS SINCE BEEN OPENED ALSO.



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.



AVOID GOING INTO FLOODING OR FLOODED BASEMENTS. THE WALLS COULD

COLLAPSE.



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



LAT...LON 4118 9592 4108 9589 4102 9630 4118 9631



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