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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

814 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



NEC109-151-060200-

SALINE NE-LANCASTER NE-

819 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



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

LANCASTER AND SALINE COUNTIES...



AT 815 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT URBAN 

FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN SALINE COUNTY...

AND ALSO IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST LINCOLN.  



FLOODING WAS SLOWLY DECREASING...BUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL STILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

      4104 9647 4104 9690 4071 9692 4070 9729



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