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WGUS73 KOAX 060025

FFSOAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

722 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



NEC155-060215-

SAUNDERS NE-

722 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR

SAUNDERS COUNTY...



AT 720 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EXTENSIVE

FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRAGUE AND 

CEDAR BLUFFS.  FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER ROADS 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST 

OF CEDAR BLUFFS...3 MILES SOUTH ON U...1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR 

BLUFFS...AND HIGHWAY 77 WAS ALSO FLOODED.  IN ADDITION...WATER WAS

REPORTED UP TO THE WHEEL RIMS OF CARS IN WESTON.  



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4104 9691 4104 9636 4139 9645 4145 9687



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