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WGUS73 KGID 190015

FFSGID



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

712 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005



NEC143-190500-

POLK NE-

712 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005



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

COUNTY...



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN POLK COUNTY...RUNOFF FROM 

THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

IN SOUTHEAST POLK COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 

5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SHELBY TO STROMSBURG.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RISES IN WATER 

LEVELS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING THE DAVIS CREEK AND THE BIG 

BLUE RIVER.  COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 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 4106 9777 4099 9732 4183 9657 4205 9749



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