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WGUS73 KOAX 281940

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

230 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005



NEC011-282130-

BOONE NE-

230 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR BOONE

COUNTY...



AT 226 PM CDT...BOONE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE CLOSED BETWEEN ALBION AND CEDAR RAPIDS DUE 

TO THE FLOODING.  CLOSE TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD BEEN REPORTED...AND 

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF 

BOONE COUNTY COULD DROP ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ST. EDWARD...

PETERSBURG...CEDAR RAPIDS AND ALBION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4152 9826 4155 9786 4189 9788 4188 9827



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