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NEC095-110930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

1047 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1046 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED   

AREA...WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINED UP OVER NORTH 

CENTRAL KANSAS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD JEFFERSON COUNTY.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES HAVE SHOWN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...WITH ANOTHER 2 OR 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 AM.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...DAYKIN...DILLER...ENDICOTT...

FAIRBURY...HARBINE...JANSEN...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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 4034 9692 4000 9692 4001 9736 4034 9736



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