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WGUS73 KGID 110300

FFSGID

NEC059-169-110345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

956 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     FILLMORE AND THAYER



AT 954 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF HEBRON TO FAIRMONT...OR FROM 33 MILES

NORTH OF CONCORDIA TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF YORK....MOVING NORTHEAST AT

25 MPH.



AT 940 PM...FILLMORE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 

PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 81 HAVE BEEN BLOCKED OFF BY LAW ENFORECEMENT 4 

MILES SOUTH OF GENEVA...DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.  RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

FILLMORE AND THAYER COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES.



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



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4002 9777 4065 9773 4068 9739 4002 9740

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