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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

609 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



NEC109-151-060200-

SALINE NE-LANCASTER NE-

609 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

LANCASTER AND SALINE COUNTIES...



AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE WEST HALF OF LANCASTER COUNTY.

IN SALINE COUNTY...2.85 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED 4 MILES WEST OF

WILBER...AND 2.75 INCHES IN DORCHESTER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WAVERLY...BENNET AND LINCOLN.



STREET FLOODING IS NOW BEING REPORTED IN CRETE AND DORCHESTER...AND

IS LIKELY TO START BEFORE 7 PM IN LINCOLN.   



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4035 9728 4034 9692 4054 9692 4052 9652

      4104 9647 4104 9690 4071 9692 4070 9729



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