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WGUS73 KOAX 042230

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NEC141-042315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

530 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PLATTE COUNTY TODAY... 

CDT...



AT 520 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT 

TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF PLATTE COUNTY 

THIS AFTERNOON.



A LOG JAM REMAINS IN PLACE ON SHELL CREEK IN THE PLATTE CENTER AREA 

AT THIS TIME.  ALTHOUGH FLOOD WATERS HAVE SUBSIDED IN AND AROUND THE 

MONROE AREA...SEVERAL FIELDS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER FROM THE HEAVY 

RAINS AS WELL AS THE OVERFLOW FROM AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AS LITTLE AS SIX

INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THIS

INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMENENT...OR HAS A HIGH

PROBABILITY OF OCCURRING.



LAT...LON 4170 9730 4141 9730 4138 9753 4142 9769

          4173 9783



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