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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

950 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



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DODGE NE-COLFAX NE-WASHINGTON NE-BURT NE-CUMING NE-THURSTON NE-

950 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR

THURSTON...CUMING...BURT...WASHINGTON...COLFAX AND DODGE COUNTIES...



AT 948 PM CDT...AN OBSERVER REPORTED 3.00 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR IN 

THE TOWN OF DODGE.  FLASH FLOODING HAD CLOSED ROADS AT BOTH ENDS OF

TOWN.  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND FLASH

FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE.  IN ADDITION...MAPLE CREEK IS LIKELY TO 

FLOOD...AND WATER MAY RUN ACROSS HIGHWAY 275 BETWEEN HOOPER AND 

WEST POINT.



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

POINT...TEKAMAH...LYONS...DECATUR...CRAIG...BEEMER AND BANCROFT



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4182 9613 4156 9610 4146 9690 4175 9692

      4174 9702 4209 9702 4210 9630

TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 180DEG 0KT 4175 9691



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