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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

318 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PLATTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 312 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD IN 

THE AREA OF SHELL CREEK OVER CENTRAL HIGHWAY AS WELL AS AN AREA JUST 

NORTH OF MONROE NEAR THE LOUP CANAL AND 3 MILES SOUTH AND WEST OF 

MONROE.  WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE BRIDGES IN ALL THREE CASES AS 

WELL AS A LOG JAM WHICH WAS OCCURRING AT THE SHELL CREEK SITE OVER 

CENTRAL HIGHWAY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...WERE AROUND THE MONROE AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 4170 9730 4142 9731 4141 9766 4172 9778



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