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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

617 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH GAGE

  COUNTY.  AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A ONE-HOUR PERIOD...

  LEADING TO RAPID RISES IN STREAMS...ESPECIALLY THE BIG INDIAN CREEK.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WYMORE...

  PICKRELL...ODELL...CORTLAND...CLATONIA...BLUE SPRINGS...BEATRICE

  AND ADAMS.  THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GAGE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE 

  BASIN OF THE BIG INDIAN CREEK...HAS RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN AND 

  IS MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. IN ADDITION...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF QUICKLY FLOWING WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO

LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT

UTILITY VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4000 9691 4000 9645 4051 9647 4051 9691



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