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WGUS53 KGID 182256

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NEC143-190500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

556 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 553 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY

  HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTH OF SHELBY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF

  YORK....MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  OSCEOLA...

  SHELBY...



RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHEAST POLK 

COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY...AND YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



LAT...LON 4106 9777 4099 9732 4183 9657 4205 9749



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