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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1146 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 1143 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN ANTELOPE COUNTY.  
  HIGHWAY 70...WEST OF ELGIN...HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WATER RUNNING 
  OVER THE ROAD.  RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
  OVER SOUTHWEST ANTELOPE COUNTY AS OF 1145 PM CDT.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAKDALE...
  NELIGH...ELGIN AND CLEARWATER...AND LOCATIONS NEAR CLEARWATER 
  CREEK...BLACK SNAKE CREEK...AND CEDAR CREEK.  

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 QUICKLY FLOWING WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO
LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT
UTILITY VEHICLES.

LAT...LON 4192 9829 4193 9785 4221 9784 4220 9830

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