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NEC109-290430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

729 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINCOLN



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 726 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM WAVERLY SOUTHWEST 

THROUGH LINCOLN TO JUST NORTHWEST OF HICKMAN.  HAM RADIO OPERATORS 

AND STORM SPOTTERS REPORT WATER COVERING MANY ROADS IN LINCOLN...AS 

WELL AS PART OF HIGHWAY 6 NEAR WAVERLY.  



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS 

THE COUNTY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN LIKELY AT SOME 

LOCATIONS.  FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL LIKELY BECOME WORSE. 



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...

  LINCOLN...WAVERLY AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAINLY

  EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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.



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 4103 9648 4054 9646 4053 9691 4104 9691



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