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WGUS73 KGID 300350

FFSGID

NEC077-093-163-300800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1050 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 1039 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY 

RAIN 4 MILES EAST OF SHERMAN RESERVOIR DAM...OR ABOUT 35 MILES 

NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS 

GREELEY...SHERMAN AND HOWARD COUNTIES TONIGHT.



AT 1030 PM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN HOWARD COUNTY REPORTED A COUNTY 

ROAD WASHED OUT ONE MILE WEST...AND ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF ELBA.  

RISES IN WATER LEVELS ALONG THE MUNSON CREEK AND THE CEDAR CREEK CAN 

BE EXPECTED UNTIL 3 AM.   



IN SHERMAN COUNTY...WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RUNNING HIGH ALONG 

THE TURKEY AND OAK CREEKS.  IN GREELEY COUNTY...RISES IN WATER 

LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FISH CREEK...WALLACE CREEK AND 

SPRING CREEK. 



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



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4137 9918 4108 9915 4108 9831 4172 9830

      4171 9872 4138 9871

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