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WGUS73 KGID 230514

FFSGID

NEC059-230815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1210 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY.



IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     FILLMORE



AT 1202 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE 

RAINFALL 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRANG...OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTH OF 

YORK....MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ALONG 

AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 41 LATE SUNDAY EVENING.  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN 

WILL CAUSE LOWLAND FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN FILLMORE COUNTY THROUGH 

EARLY 315 MONDAY MORNING.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY TRACK ACROSS FILLMORE 

COUNTY...WHICH WILL CAUSE EVEN MORE WATER PONDING ON ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND 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 4066 9782 4035 9780 4037 9740 4068 9740

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