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WGUS53 KGID 120123

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NEC019-120515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

820 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 814 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM ELM CREEK TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GIBBON... 

  MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  ELM CREEK...

  GIBBON...

  SHELTON...

  RIVERDALE...

  AMHERST...



THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT BUFFALO COUNTY. MOST 

FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE COUNTY DURING THE 

NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN THE 

COUNTY. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4067 9930 4067 9940 4069 9941 4104 9941

      4104 9873 4069 9873 4068 9884 4066 9889

      4065 9921

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