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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

830 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

  SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 820 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING

  SLOWLY THROUGH SEWARD AND SALINE COUNTIES. THIS IS AN AREA THAT 

  PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 930 PM CDT COULD AVERAGE ONE 

  TO TWO INCHES...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SMALL 

  CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN FLOWING OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN 

  LOW LYING AREAS. 



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...SEWARD...BEAVER CROSSING...BEE...

CORDOVA...CRETE...DE WITT...WILBER...DORCHESTER...FRIEND AND WESTERN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4105 9692 4035 9692 4036 9736 4105 9737



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