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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

752 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHARDSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FALLS CITY



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 749 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WERE MANY AREA CREEKS BETWEEN HUMBOLDT AND 

FALLS CITY.  SOME OF THE CREEKS AFFECTED WERE HOOSIER CREEK...LITTLE 

MUDDY CREEK...WHISKY RUN...DRY BRANCH...LONG BRANCH...AND THE NORTH 

FORK OF THE BIG NEMAHA RIVER.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL. THIS

INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4025 9552 4001 9540 4002 9599 4024 9600



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