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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

1012 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LANCASTER COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM

CDT...



AT 1005 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MUCH 

OF THE FLOODING HAD SUBSIDED IN LINCOLN...HOWEVER LOCAL STREAMS WERE 

STILL RUNNING HIGH.  THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...ESPECIALLY 

ALONG THESE STREAMS AND IN OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



THE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

HOURS...WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING DIMINISHING AFTER 1130 

PM.  



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.



LAT...LON 4097 9642 4059 9643 4059 9693 4097 9693



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