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WGUS73 KGID 230328

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TTAA00 KGID 230313



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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1025 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2004



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

     GREELEY...VALLEY...SHERMAN AND HOWARD



HEAVY RAIN THE PAST 6 HOURS WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OVER PARTS 

OF SHERMAN...VALLEY...HOWARD AND GREELEY COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT. RADAR

ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WERE COMMON OVER THE FOUR COUNTY 

AREA. 



THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS WHICH MAY RISE QUICKLY...AND MINOR 

OVERFLOWS ARE POSSIBLE. SOME OF STREAMS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED 

INCLUDE...THE SPRING CREEK...THE FISH CREEK AND THE CEDER CREEK IN 

GREELEY COUNTY. IN HOWARD COUNTY...THE CEDAR CREEK AND MUNSON CREEK. 

IN SHERMAN COUNTY...THE MUD CREEK NEAR LITCHFIELD AND HAZARD...AND 

ALONG CREEKS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. IN VALLEY...THE 

HAWTHORN CREEK...HAYS CREEK AND DAVIS CREEK. 



IN ADDITION TO MINOR RURAL FLOODING...FLOODING IN TOWNS AND CITIES 

MAY OCCUR IN AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING OR WHERE DRAINAGE MAY BE 

POOR. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL BE LESS COPIOUS...BUT WILL 

AGGRAVATE FLOODING CONCERNS NONE THE LESS. 



LOW LYING AREAS OR REGIONS OF POOR DRAINAGE WILL MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO 

FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO A FLOODING AREA...FOR IT ONLY TAKES ONE

TO TWO FEET OF WATER TO WASH YOUR CAR AWAY. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND 

AND DO NOT DROWN. 



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