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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1045 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR

THAYER...MITCHELL...SMITH...JEWELL...NUCKOLLS...OSBORNE...WEBSTER AND

FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



WEATHER OBSERVERS AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES HAVE REPORTED

FLOODING ALONG THE SNAKE CREEK AND SPRING CREEK IN WEST CENTRAL

THAYER COUNTY.



SCATTERED RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SATURATED AREAS THAT

HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST FEW

DAYS. UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THIS WILL

INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING IN LOW AREAS AND STREAMS.



FRIDAY AFTERNOON OBSERVERS NEAR DESHLER NEBRASKA REPORTED FLOODING

ALONG THE CREEKS AND INDICATED THAT PREVENTIVE SAND-BAGGING MEASURES

HAVE BEEN TAKEN AGAINST POTENTIAL FLOODING NEAR RESIDENCES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDER-PASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY BY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.

DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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