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WGUS73 KGID 090755

FFSGID

NEC143-091245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

249 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     POLK



AT 246 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY

HEAVY RAIN OVER OSCEOLA...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS....

MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

IN WESTERN POLK COUNTY...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM POLK TO 

OSCEOLA AND COLUMBUS.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.  RUNOFF 

FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RISES ALONG THE CLEAR CREEK...SOUTH 

CHANNEL OF THE PLATTE RIVER...AND THE SILVER CREEK.



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 4122 9774 4106 9780 4106 9738 4136 9743



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