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WGUS73 KGID 230837

FFSGID

NEC169-231045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

335 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY.



IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     THAYER



DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES ACROSS THAYER COUNTY THIS 

MORNING



AT 325 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN HEBRON REPORTED 

MASS EVACUATIONS OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY. THE 

LITTLE BLUE RIVER IN HEBRON WAS ESTIMATED AT 8 FEET ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE AND RISING. REPORTS OF UP TO 12.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN 

RECORDED IN HEBRON AND ACROSS MUCH OF THAYER COUNTY. MANY ROADS IN 

THAYER COUNTY ARE CLOSED INCLUDING US HIGHWAY 81 NEAR HEBRON.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...   

  DESHLER...HEBRON...BELVIDERE...GILEAD...CHESTER...BYRON AND HUBBELL



CONTINUED EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND ALONG THE 

LITTLE BLUE RIVER. RESIDENTS ALONG THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER...BIG SANDY 

CREEK...SPRING CREEK AND DRY CREEK SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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 4002 9781 4000 9738 4035 9737 4035 9778

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