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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

635 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR CLAY AND ADAMS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 

645 AM...



THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DUMPED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN IN CLAY AND ADAMS 

COUNTIES HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE REGION. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

NOT EXPECTED TODAY. 



REPORTS FROM SOUTHEAST ADAMS COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST CLAY COUNTY

SUGGEST SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT LEAST BANK FULL

WITH MINOR OVERFLOWS IN SOME CASES. STANDING WATER WAS NOTED AT

MANY LOCATIONS. 



AT THIS TIME...RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE ALREADY 

OCCURRED. NOW...ATTENTION WILL SHIFT TO THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER

FROM DEWEESE...BACK TO AYR...AND THEN INTO EASTERN KEARNEY COUNTY. 

RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WAS LIKELY TO HAVE FALLEN IN SOUTHERN 

ADAMS AND SOUTHWEST CLAY COUNTIES. 



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WILL 

MONITOR THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE 

DAY TODAY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

FOR THE LATEST REGARDING ANY POTENTIAL FLOOD PRODUCTS PERTAINING TO 

THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER. 



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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