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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

313 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2005



NEC095-151-190915-

SALINE NE-JEFFERSON NE-

313 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR JEFFERSON AND

SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTIES...



AT 300 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MINOR 

LOWLAND FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY NEAR 

SWANTON. SMALLER STREAMS FEEDING INTO SWAN CREEK WERE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS...HOWEVER THERE WAS NO WATER OVER ROADWAYS AT THIS TIME. IN 

JEFFERSON COUNTY...NO OFFICIAL REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED...HOWEVER THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE SHARPLY. 

SOME MINOR RURAL LOWLAND FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING ALSO. RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES FROM YESTERDAY EVENING RANGED FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES 

OVER A FEW HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR 

LOWLAND FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH EARLY MORNING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4002 9734 4001 9692 4049 9692 4049 9735



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