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WGUS53 KGID 120016

FFWGID

NEC121-120315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

715 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 711 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY

  HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAPMAN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  CHAPMAN...

  ARCHER...

  PALMER...

  CLARKS...

  SILVER 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...AND YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4134 9760 4124 9776 4114 9786 4105 9806

      4089 9826 4138 9827 4138 9827 4127 9827

      4126 9810 4130 9790 4130 9771 4139 9769

      4139 9760 4139 9760



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