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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

1130 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1130 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

  AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED 

INCLUDE...CARROLL...HOSKINS...MACY...PENDER...ROSALIE...SHOLES...

WAYNE...



BY 1130 PM CDT...SPOTTERS HAD INDICATED OVER 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN IN WAYNE IN THE LAST 2 HOURS.  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 

FLOODING OF LOW-LYING RURAL ROADS NEAR WAYNE AT THE SAME TIME.



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.



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 4227 9702 4227 9632 4221 9637 4203 9622

          4202 9654 4209 9655 4210 9664 4209 9736

          4234 9736 4234 9702



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