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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

756 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



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POTTAWATTAMIE IA-

756 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR

POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY...



AT 752 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

LAST HOUR BETWEEN HANCOCK AND OAKLAND.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY IS LIKELY 

AS THE LINE MOVES EAST.  THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND WILL ADD TO EXISTING FLOODING OF

THE NISHNABOTNA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.



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

MINDEN AND AVOCA



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.



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 4149 9558 4149 9518 4117 9519 4116 9539

TIME...MOT...LOC 1256Z 180DEG 0KT 4133 9550



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