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WGUS73 KOAX 082330

FFSOAX

NEC067-090030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

629 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GAGE COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM 

CDT...



AT 625 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS A LARGE EXPANSE OF GAGE 

COUNTY.



AREA CREEKS AFFECTED WERE THE WILDCAT CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...BIG 

BLUE RIVER...AND THE BIG INDIAN CREEK.  TOTAL RAINFALL THIS 

AFTERNOON HAS BEEN BETWEEN 1.25 AND 2.00 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

GAGE COUNTY.  A PUBLIC REPORT OF 2.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 5PM 

WAS REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON ALSO.



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 4052 9647 4001 9647 4002 9690 4050 9690



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