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WGUS53 KGID 272310

FFWGID

NEC143-280500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

610 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 608 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER OSCEOLA...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  COLUMBUS....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  RURAL NORTHERN POLK COUNTY...

  OSCEOLA...

  SHELBY...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR ACROSS NORTHERN POLK COUNTY. WITH 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN 

AREAS ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE CLEAR CREEK AND NORTH OF OSCEOLA 

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER.



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

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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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 4132 9760 4116 9780 4117 9740 4136 9739



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