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WGUS73 KOAX 090139

FFSOAX

NEC147-090230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

839 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RICHARDSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN WAS

DECREASING IN COVERAGE...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING.



RAINFALL HAS ALL BUT SUBSIDED ACROSS RICHARDSON COUNTY AT THIS 

TIME.  ALTHOUGH EARLIER INDICATIONS WERE SUCH THAT EXCESSIVE RAIN 

WAS FALLING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING AREA STREAMS AND 

CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY...THE THREAT OF RISING WATER IS NO LONGER A 

THREAT.



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 IMMINENT...OR HAS A HIGH

PROBABILITY OF OCCURRING.



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



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