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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

606 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



NEC039-167-230045-

STANTON NE-CUMING NE-

606 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

CUMING AND STANTON COUNTIES...



AT 606 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED RUNOFF FROM 

THUNDERSTORMS CREATING AREAS OF LOW LAND FLOODING. WATER IS OVER 

SOME COUNTY ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST BAND OF RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE 

AREA...MODERATE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS 

CREATING ADDITIONAL RUNOFF OVERNIGHT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WISNER...

STANTON...PILGER...BEEMER AND BANCROFT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN OMAHA.



LAT...LON 4174 9736 4175 9654 4208 9656 4209 9736



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