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WGUS73 KOAX 300633

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

127 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006



NEC131-300845-

OTOE NE-

127 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR OTOE

COUNTY...



AT 129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA IN EASTERN OTOE COUNTY...BUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 

BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA.    



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNADILLA...

SYRACUSE...PALMYRA...NEBRASKA CITY AND DOUGLAS.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2.5 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF

WESTERN AND CENTRAL OTOE COUNTY IN THE PAST FEW HOURS.  EXCESSIVE

RUNOFF FROM THE 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 4054 9644 4053 9576 4079 9587 4077 9644



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