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WGUS73 KGID 300402

FFSGID

NEC125-300900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1102 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     NANCE



AT 1054 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY 

RAIN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FULLERTON...OR ABOUT 29 MILES WEST OF 

COLUMBUS....MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



AT 1030 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN NANCE COUNTY REPORTED 

WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 

71...BETWEEN GENOA AND FULLERTON.



RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN NANCE COUNTY 

BETWEEN FULLERTON AND GENOA.  RISES IN WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED 

ALONG THE PRAIRIE 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 4143 9821 4128 9825 4135 9776 4150 9775

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