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WGUS73 KGID 090739

FFSGID

NEC121-125-091215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

236 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     NANCE AND MERRICK



AT 231 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GENOA TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ARCHER...OR

FROM 22 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS TO 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND

ISLAND....MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS NANCE AND MERRICK COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF 

INCH TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.



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 4148 9823 4099 9824 4135 9764 4155 9773



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