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WGUS73 KOAX 300342

FFSOAX

NEC097-133-300800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PAWNEE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES 

UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



AT 1040 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN STILL MOVING THROUGH JOHNSON COUNTY...HOWEVER THAT SHOULD 

EXIT TO THE EAST BEFORE 1100 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT AND BEYOND. LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FEW ROADS WITH WATER OF A FEW INCHES FLOWING 

OVER ROADWAYS IN JOHNSON COUNTY...AND WATER WAS FLOWING OVER A 

BRIDGE IN PAWNEE COUNTY NEAR BURCHARD.



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 4052 9609 4000 9602 4001 9644 4052 9646



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