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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

1132 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1131 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF UP TO 8 INCHES

  WAS INDICATED ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF KNOX COUNTY THIS EVENING

  WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES IN PARTS OF EASTERN KNOX COUNTY. ADDITIONAL

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE

  AREA INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE 

  ALONG VERDIGRE CREEK WHERE SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN OCCURRED.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BAZILE...

BLOOMFIELD...CENTER...NIOBRARA...SANTEE...VERDEL.



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.



MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF

WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF

RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...THIS INCLUDES PICKUPS

AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4288 9751 4246 9751 4247 9829 4285 9830



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