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WGUS73 KOAX 110856

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NEC173-111115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

350 AM CDT FRI JUN 11 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THURSTON COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM 

CDT...



AT 350 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN 

HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES 

ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE COUNTY.



AT 350 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER ROADS 

ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE OLD WINNEBAGO HIGHWAY FROM WALTHILL TO 

WINNEBAGO WAS FLOODED FOR ABOUT 3 MILES. WATER WAS OVER THE ROADS 

SOUTH OF PENDER. ALSO...WATER WAS STANDING IN A MAJORITY OF FIELDS 

ACROSS THE COUNTY. 



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.



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 4227 9641 4206 9632 4204 9651 4210 9654

      4213 9680 4227 9681



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