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WGUS73 KGID 300241

FFSGID

NEC077-093-163-300800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

936 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     GREELEY...SHERMAN AND HOWARD



AT 931 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN FROM 14 MILES WEST OF LOUP CITY TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

ROCKVILLE...OR FROM 22 MILES EAST OF BROKEN BOW TO 22 MILES NORTHWEST

OF GRAND ISLAND....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN FROM 

LITCHFIELD TO LOUP CITY...COTESFIELD...GREELEY AND SPALDING.  

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AS THEY TRACK 

NORTHEAST THROUGH SHERMAN...HOWARD AND GREELEY COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES.  LOCAL CREEKS SUCH AS 

THE DEER AND OAK CREEKS IN SHERMAN COUNTY...THE MUNSON CREEK IN 

HOWARD COUNTY...AND SPRING CREEK IN GREELEY COUNTY ARE LIKELY TO BE 

RUNNING FULL.



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  NEVER ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE IN LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4136 9920 4107 9910 4109 9835 4173 9833

      4172 9872 4138 9869

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