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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

926 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



IAC133-NEC021-060300-

MONONA IA-BURT NE-

926 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR BURT

AND MONONA COUNTIES...



AT 925 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE WATER 

OVER HIGHWAY 275 HAD RECEEDED JUST NORTH OF TEKAMAH.  THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUE FROM SOUTHWEST BURT COUNTY THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTHERN 

MONONA COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WHITING...ONAWA AND DECATUR.



WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ONAWA AS OF 915 PM BY 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4169 9644 4168 9612 4186 9614 4187 9593

      4220 9587 4221 9631 4205 9628 4201 9641



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