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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

556 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005



NEC023-159-121430-

BUTLER NE-SEWARD NE-

556 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR SEWARD AND

BUTLER COUNTIES...



AT 556 AM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER SEWARD COUNTY WITH WATER OVER ROADS...DITCHES 

BANKFULL...AND SIGNIFICANT RISES IN STREAMS.  LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROADS AT 1 MILE WEST OF DWIGHT...AND 2 MILES 

EAST OF ULYSSES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UTICA...

ULYSSES...STAPLEHURST...SEWARD...RISING CITY...GARLAND...DWIGHT...

DAVID CITY...BRAINARD...BELLWOOD...BEE AND BEAVER CROSSING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4069 9738 4093 9692 4138 9692 4134 9737



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