Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Omaha, NE

Issued

May 29, 2004, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)

Expired

May 30, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Omaha, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Johnson County, NE, Pawnee County, NE

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000 
WGUS53 KOAX 300159
FFWOAX
NEC097-133-300800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
856 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 
  THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES 
  ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF JOHNSON COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS 
  OF PAWNEE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 
  THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH 1100 PM CDT WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN LIKELY.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  CRAB ORCHARD...TECUMSEH...ELK CREEK...LEWISTON...BURCHARD...
  STEINAUER.

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.

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 4052 9607 4002 9601 4001 9645 4052 9645

$$

DEWALD

000 
WGUS73 KOAX 300342
FFSOAX
NEC097-133-300800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PAWNEE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES 
UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

AT 1040 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 
HEAVY RAIN STILL MOVING THROUGH JOHNSON COUNTY...HOWEVER THAT SHOULD 
EXIT TO THE EAST BEFORE 1100 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT AND BEYOND. LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FEW ROADS WITH WATER OF A FEW INCHES FLOWING 
OVER ROADWAYS IN JOHNSON COUNTY...AND WATER WAS FLOWING OVER A 
BRIDGE IN PAWNEE COUNTY NEAR BURCHARD.

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.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AS LITTLE AS SIX
INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THIS
INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.

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

LAT...LON 4052 9609 4000 9602 4001 9644 4052 9646

$$

DEWALD

000 
WGUS73 KOAX 300730
FFSOAX
NEC097-133-300800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
228 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR JOHNSON AND PAWNEE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN 
CANCELLED...

LIGHT RAIN WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE MENTIONED AREA BY 315 AM 
CDT. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT NO HIGH WATER PROBLEMS 
REMAIN ACROSS THESE COUNTIES...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THAT 
WERE PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4051 9608 4002 9602 4002 9644 4050 9645

$$

DEWALD

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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.