Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Omaha, NE

Issued

May 22, 2004, 12:28 AM CDT (05:28 UTC)

Expired

May 22, 2004, 6:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Omaha, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cuming County, NE

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000 
WGUS53 KOAX 220531
FFWOAX
NEC039-221130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
1228 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 1226 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED
  AREA. PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES RANGED FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BANCROFT...BEEMER...WEST POINT...
WISNER...

AT 1225 AM CDT...IN THE TOWN OF WISNER...THERE WAS WATER ACROSS THE 
ROAD ON ROAD 285 AND ALSO ROAD FOUR AND A HALF IN CUMING COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. IN ADDITION...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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 WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL. THIS
INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.

LAT...LON 4208 9701 4177 9700 4176 9657 4208 9658

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000 
WGUS73 KOAX 220855
FFSOAX
NEC039-221130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
345 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CUMING COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM 
CDT...

AT 345 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT 
TO MODERATE RAIN WAS CONTINUING ACROSS CUMING COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 630 
AM CDT WITH CONTINUED LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 51 AND HIGHWAY 9 WAS 
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT BETWEEN 130 AM AND 230 AM CDT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF ROAD AND STREAM FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. TWO FEET OF
RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING PICKUPS AND
SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT...OR HAS A HIGH
PROBABILITY OF OCCURRING.

LAT...LON 4208 9701 4175 9701 4177 9656 4209 9657

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KOAX 221110
FFSOAX
NEC039-221200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
610 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CUMING COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 
AT 630 AM CDT...

THE MAJORITY OF THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING FOR CUMING COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

ADDITIONAL LOWLAND FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IS STILL POSSIBLE 
INTO TODAY.

LAT...LON 4209 9656 4175 9655 4175 9700 4210 9702

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.