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WGUS73 KGID 160508

FFSGID

NEC047-161015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1205 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     DAWSON



AT 1200 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 12 MILES WEST OF EDDYVILLE TO 4 MILES 

SOUTH OF LEXINGTON...OR FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON TO 4 MILES 

SOUTH OF LEXINGTON....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...OVERTON AND SUMNER.



WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN TWENTY 

MINUTES IN COZAD.  RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG THE BUFFALO CREEK...THE FRENCH CREEK AND THE 

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



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW WHERE YOU

ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS AND AVOID CAMPING IN

THOSE AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4073 10017 4070 9948 4101 9947 4102 10017

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