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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

414 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT.



* AT 413 AM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED STANDING WATER

  OF AT LEAST 5 INCHES DEEP...ON 36TH STREET...BETWEEN HIGHWAY 370

  AND CORNHUSKER ROAD.  THEY ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PAPIO CREEK IN

  BELLEVUE IS ABOUT 4.0 FEET FROM FLOODING OVER ITS BANKS.  HE HAD

  ALSO REPORTED BASEMENT FLOODING WITH AT LEAST 2.0 INCHES OF

  STANDING WATER..



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

PAPILLION...LA VISTA AND BELLEVUE.



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.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF QUICKLY FLOWING WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO

LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT

UTILITY VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4107 9612 4107 9588 4118 9588 4118 9609



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