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WGUS73 KGID 130335

FFSGID

NEC077-163-130830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1027 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     GREELEY AND SHERMAN



AT 1026 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY

HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF

GRAND ISLAND....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

INTO DRY...ROCK...AND DEER CREEKS ACROSS SHERMAN COUNTY. BE ALERT 

FOR MINOR FLOODING ALONG THESE CREEKS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOWLAND 

CROSSINGS. RISES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE MIDDLE LOUP 

RIVER...THOUGH IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.  



OVER GREELEY COUNTY...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE 

INCHES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE CEDAR RIVER...AND WALLACE...FISH...AND 

FREEMAN CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE SPRING CREEK BASIN. BE ALERT FOR 

MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG THESE CREEKS AND RIVERS.    



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



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4173 9830 4173 9874 4140 9876 4138 9919

      4106 9919 4106 9876 4140 9876 4141 9829

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