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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

114 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 109 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

  FLOODING FROM A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JANSEN AND

  DAYKIN.



MANY STREETS IN FAIRBURY HAD BEEN REPORTED TO BE EXPERIENCING 

FLOODING AS WELL AS 1.30 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST 40 MINUTES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS ALREADY

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A STREAM OR A CREEK IN THE AFFECTED

AREA...TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF AN

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT...OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. IN ADDITION...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4000 9735 4001 9700 4033 9700 4033 9732



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