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NEZ013-280045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

718 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM FOR...



...NORTHERN DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...



....NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL IN 

EXCESS OF 3 INCHES IN THE PAST TWO HOURS ACROSS RURAL AREAS OF DIXON 

COUNTY...WEST AND NORTH OF MARTINSBURG.  FLOODING OF RURAL HIGHWAYS 

IN THIS AREA IS LIKELY.  THE THUNDERSTORM CAUSING THE HEAVY RAIN IS 

GRADUALLY WEAKENING...BUT IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE NEXT ONE HALF HOUR.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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