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WGUS73 KGID 110812

FFSGID

NEC065-111315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

307 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     FURNAS



AT 305 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN FROM BEAVER CITY TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BEAVER CITY...OR FROM 20

MILES NORTH OF NORTON TO 14 MILES NORTH OF NORTON....MOVING EAST AT

20 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN 

LOCATIONS WEST OF WILSONVILLE TO THE FURNAS AND RED WILLOW COUNTY 

LINE...AND FROM SOUTH OF WILSONVILLE TO THE NORTON COUNTY LINE.  

THIS HEAVY RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE RISES IN 

CREEKS AND STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.



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 4034 10018 4034 9973 4033 9971 4033 9963

      4007 9963 4006 9964 4002 9965 4002 9965

      4002 9991 4001 10017

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