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WGUS73 KOAX 300315

FFSOAX

NEC067-095-300630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

1011 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JEFFERSON AND GAGE COUNTIES 

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 1011 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING GAGE COUNTY AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE WARNED AREA BY 1100 

PM AND BEYOND. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 

WITH WATER OF SEVERAL INCHES FLOWING OVER THEM ACROSS BOTH JEFFERSON 

AND GAGE COUNTIES...HOWEVER NO ROADS HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN CLOSED THAT

WE ARE AWARE OF.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AS LITTLE AS SIX

INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THIS

INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



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

PROBABILITY OF OCCURRING.



LAT...LON 4035 9647 4002 9647 4003 9736 4032 9734

          4032 9687 4052 9687 4051 9647



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