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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1101 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

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1101 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY

* AT 1101 AM CDT...TURKEY CREEK WAS OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS...
CAUSING HIGHWAY 65...NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER...TO BE CLOSED BY THE 
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ROADS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2.00 INCHES FELL DURING THE PAST 24
HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA CAUSING MANY RIVERS
AND CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY...WITH SOME OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS.  
CREEKS AND RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE AT THIS TIME WITH MORE RAINFALL 
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW.  LIGHTER AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF A 
COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

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.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 4017 9622 4014 9612 4000 9609 4000 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 180DEG 0KT 4011 9617

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JR