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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1249 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 1246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES 

  SOUTHWEST OF AYR...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING 

  EAST AT 40 MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.  THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER WILL BE 

EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS 

AS HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THIS BASIN. THE CRYSTAL LAKE AREA 

NEAR AYR WILL ALSO BE VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4056 9871 4035 9872 4035 9828 4059 9829



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