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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

247 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     ADAMS AND CLAY



AT 245 AM CDT...HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED JUST EAST AND SOUTH OF THE 

AREA...BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IS 

LIKELY...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN ADAMS AND ALL OF CLAY COUNTY. 



SINCE 11 PM...DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATED 2 TO POSSIBLY 5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER IN CLAY 

COUNTY...WEST TO AYR IN SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY...AND THEN TO SOUTH OF 

HOLSTEIN.



IN ADAMS COUNTY...THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL AROUND AYR AND JUST WEST. 

MOST OF THE RAIN FELL INTO THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER BASIN AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG SAND...FLAT AND COTTONWOOD 

CREEKS IN SOUTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG 

THE PAWNEE CREEK IN EASTERN ADAMS. RAPID RISES AREA LIKELY WITHIN 

THESE STREAMS. FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY. YOU SHOULD 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS APPROACH YOUR AREA. 



MINOR FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OVER THE CRYSTAL LAKE ROAD 

NEAR AYR EARLY THIS MORNING. 



IN CLAY COUNTY...THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL MIDWAY BETWEEN FAIRFIELD AND 

GLENVIL...AND IN THE BIG SANDY AND PAWNEE STREAMS. AGAIN...RAPID 

RISES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THESE STREAMS. 



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4070 9872 4069 9782 4035 9783 4035 9815

          4034 9816 4034 9872

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