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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

434 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OMAHA

  POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 430 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN EAST WEST AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS DOUGLAS AND POTTAWATTAMIE

  COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CARSON...CARTER LAKE...COUNCIL

BLUFFS...CRESCENT...HANCOCK...MACEDONIA...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES. OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS MAY ALSO FLOOD.



MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF

WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF

RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...THIS INCLUDES PICKUPS

AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4151 9535 4117 9536 4119 9633 4139 9640

          4140 9594



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