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NEC027-107-210930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

243 AM CDT WED JUL 21 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KNOX AND CEDAR COUNTIES 

430 AM CDT...



AT 243 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF KNOX AND CEDAR 

COUNTIES...COMING DOWN AT A RATE OF ABOUT AN INCH PER HOUR IN SOME 

AREAS.  WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SUBSIDED SOMEWHAT...PREVIOUS 

RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OR HAS RUN OFF INTO AREA CREEKS 

AND STREAMS.



THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF KNOX AND CEDAR COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED THE 

MOST RAINFALL.  RADAR INDICATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

A BAND FROM NIOBRARA TO CROFTON IN NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY...WITH 2 TO 

3 INCH AMOUNTS FROM CROFTON TO WYNOT AND SAINT HELENA IN NORTHERN 

CEDAR 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.



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 4286 9725 4279 9716 4276 9702 4251 9703

      4249 9831 4285 9831 4285 9820 4281 9810

      4278 9801 4286 9786 4284 9770 4286 9762



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