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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

614 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



NEC001-079-120230-

HALL NE-ADAMS NE-

614 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR ADAMS AND

HALL COUNTIES...



BY 600 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAD RECEIVED NUMEROUS 

REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING THROUGHOUT ADAMS COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR AYR...OR ABOUT 14 MILES 

SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

HOLSTEIN...ROSELAND...JUNIATA...KENESAW...PROSSER...HANSEN...

DONIPHAN...WOOD RIVER...ALDA...GRAND ISLAND AND CAIRO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

930 PM CDT IN THE WARNED AREA.



AS OF 6 PM CDT...HAM RADIO OPERATORS IN HASTINGS REPORTED 4.91 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF HASTINGS. FLOODING WAS 

OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HASTINGS...ALONG HIGHWAY 6 AND NEAR 

ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. AN OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 

NUMEROUS FLOODED INTERSECTIONS IN HASTINGS WITH ABANDONED AND 

STALLED VEHICLES.  



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.



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 4070 9869 4071 9872 4104 9872 4104 9829

      4036 9828 4036 9869



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