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WGUS73 KGID 180746

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NEC061-181200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

240 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     FRANKLIN



AT 237 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED 

OVER EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THROUGH 345 AM...ANOTHER ONE HALF TO 

ONE INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY. RAIN SHOULD END SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 



THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...DOPPLER

RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE NORTHERN 

PART OF THE COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHERN KEARNEY COUNTY. THIS RAIN FELL 

IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE WEST BRANCH OF THE THOMPSON CREEK. 



IT APPEARS MINOR OVERFLOWS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE WEST BRANCH OF THE 

THOMPSON CREEK THROUGH SUNRISE...ALONG WITH FLOODING OF LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE 

COUNTY.  



IF YOU TRAVELING IN RURAL NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY LATE TONIGHT...

USE EXTREME CAUTION. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS ANY 

DEPTH OF WATER OVER A ROAD. 



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4033 9917 4033 9873 4000 9873 4000 9917

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