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WGUS73 KGID 110544

FFSGID

NEC059-169-110645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1243 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



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

FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     FILLMORE AND THAYER



AT 1228 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL 

ACROSS THAYER AND FILLMORE COUNTIES.  RADAR ALSO INDICATES RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS UP TO 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES HAS 

FALLEN SINCE THIS PAST EVENING. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ALREADY 

FLOODED STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT THROUGH 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



NUMEROUS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ACROSS BOTH COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

WITH WATER OVER THEM.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES.  

HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LITTLE BLUE AND BIG BLUE 

RIVERS AS WELL AS TURKEY CREEK AND BIG SANDY CREEKS.



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 4006 9779 4004 9739 4062 9739 4069 9777

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