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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

700 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005



NEC185-190500-

YORK NE-

700 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED NEAR YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WACO...GRESHAM AND THAYER.



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN 

YORK COUNTY FROM EAST OF HENDERSON...NORTHEAST THROUGH YORK...THAYER 

BENEDICT AND GRESHAM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...PARTICULARLY THE BEAVER CREEK AND THE LINCOLN 

CREEK.



HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO PONDING OF 

WATER.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS 

OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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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