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WGUS53 KGID 060010

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NEC137-060615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

708 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 702 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY

  HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOOMIS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  RURAL NORTHWEST PHELPS COUNTY



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN 

NORTHWEST PHELPS COUNTY.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

WATER COVERING COUNTY ROADS IN NORTHWEST PHELPS 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.



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.



LAT...LON 4067 9962 4036 9961 4037 9920 4065 9919



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