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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

620 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005



NEC143-190500-

POLK NE-

620 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHELBY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF

YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

STROMSBURG...OSCEOLA AND SHELBY.



RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN SOUTHEAST POLK COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RISES IN WATER LEVELS ALONG 

THE BIG BLUE RIVER...PRAIRIE CREEK...AND THE DAVIS CREEK. 



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 4106 9777 4099 9732 4183 9657 4205 9749



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