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WGUS53 KGID 032105

FFWGID

NEC047-073-040300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

404 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 404 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER SMITHFIELD...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF

  LEXINGTON....MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  ELWOOD...

  JOHNSON LAKE...

  LEXINGTON...

  SUMNER...

  COZAD...



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

WILL MOVE ACROSS BOTH GOSPER AND DAWSON COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS.  THIS RAINFALL WILL ONLY FURTHER AGGRAVATE A NEARLY 

SATURATED GROUND FROM RAINS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE EAST 

BRANCH OF MUDDY CREAK...ELK CREEK...DRY CREEK...TURKEY CREEK AND 

SWARTZ CREEK WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING OVER GOSPER 

COUNTY.  SPRING CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...ELM CREEK AND THE WOOD RIVER 

WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS DAWSON COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 4033 10005 4034 9965 4068 9966 4072 9945

      4102 9946 4103 10021



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