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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

611 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005



NEC185-190500-

YORK NE-

611 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR YORK

COUNTY...



AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BENEDICT...WACO AND GRESHAM.  RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 

TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF YORK COUNTY.  RUNOFF FROM THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RISES IN THE LINCOLN CREEK...BEAVER CREEK 

AND THE WEST FORK OF THE BIG BLUE RIVER.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY 

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.  URBAN UNDERPASSES WILL 

ALSO BE SUBJECT TO PONDING OF WATER.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4103 9781 4104 9779 4103 9744 4104 9743

      4104 9739 4096 9736 4082 9737 4070 9758

      4070 9781



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