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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

719 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 716 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY    

  HEAVY RAIN FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLOW ISLAND TO 10 MILES 

  SOUTH OF OVERTON.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  LEXINGTON...

  WILLOW ISLAND...

  GOTHENBURG...

  SUMNER...

  EDDYVILLE...



VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT DAWSON COUNTY. AS OF 7 

PM CDT...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN LEXINGTON. MINOR STREE 

FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN OVERTON.  RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL 

IN DAWSON COUNTY...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES. 



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 4068 9964 4070 9969 4070 10021 4104 10022

      4103 10018 4104 9943 4069 9942 4067 9941

      4067 9954



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