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WGUS73 KOAX 220844

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NEC173-179-221030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

330 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WAYNE AND THURSTON COUNTIES 

UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 330 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT 

TO MODERATE RAIN WAS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS WAYNE AND THURSTON 

COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 530 AM OF A QUARTER TO 

A HALF AN INCH ARE LIKELY WITH FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.



THE CUMING COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A ROAD CLOSURE IN 

THURSTON COUNTY AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 16 AND 9.  THE WAYNE 

COUNTY DISPATCH CENTER REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAD ALREADY 

BEEN WASHED OUT.  



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

DANGERS OF ROAD AND STREAM FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. TWO FEET OF

RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING PICKUPS AND

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT...OR HAS A HIGH

PROBABILITY OF OCCURRING.



LAT...LON 4226 9638 4207 9632 4204 9656 4212 9654

          4210 9678 4210 9735 4235 9739 4235 9703

          4225 9703



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