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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

1228 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 1226 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

  AREA. PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES RANGED FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BANCROFT...BEEMER...WEST POINT...

WISNER...



AT 1225 AM CDT...IN THE TOWN OF WISNER...THERE WAS WATER ACROSS THE 

ROAD ON ROAD 285 AND ALSO ROAD FOUR AND A HALF IN CUMING COUNTY.



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 4208 9701 4177 9700 4176 9657 4208 9658



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