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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

703 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



NEC109-151-060200-

SALINE NE-LANCASTER NE-

703 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



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

LANCASTER AND SALINE COUNTIES...



AT 659 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM HAD DUMPED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN LINCOLN.  THIS IS 

PRODUCING URBAN FLOODING AROUND THE CITY.  HIGHWAY 34 NEAR 48TH

STREET WAS REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER.  IN EMERALD...THE RAINROAD

CROSSING WAS ALSO REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WAVERLY...BENNET...EMERALD...AND LINCOLN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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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