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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

1028 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PLATTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1025 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS

  THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE

  COMMON ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PLATTE COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH

  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN STILL POSSIBLE. 



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... 

  COLUMBUS...MONROE...PLATTE CENTER...LINDSAY.



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.



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 4175 9728 4140 9727 4135 9756 4141 9769

          4153 9770 4154 9782 4174 9782



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