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WGUS73 KGID 230457

FFSGID

NEC169-230645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1154 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY.



IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     THAYER



AT 1152 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY

HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILEAD...OR ABOUT 37 MILES NORTH OF

CONCORDIA....MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS ALL OF THAYER COUNTY 

SINCE THIS EVENING.  RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES 

HAVE FALLEN FROM DESHLER TO HEBRON TO ALEXANDRIA.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THAYER COUNTY THROUGH 145 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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 IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4029 9780 4002 9780 4003 9740 4031 9739

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