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WGUS73 KOAX 242242

FFSOAX

IAC155-NEC055-242330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

537 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR UNTIL 900 PM CDT...



AT 537 PM CDT FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN DOUGLAS 

COUNTY AND WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY. RAINFALL BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4 

INCHES WAS REPORTED IN EASTERN PARTS OF OMAHA.



AREA CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE...MOSQUITO CREEK AND HENCHAL CREEK IN IOWA

AND THE BIG PAPIO IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.



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 4147 9563 4120 9562 4121 9606 4138 9610

          4138 9593



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