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WGUS73 KGID 060047

FFSGID



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

744 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005



NEC137-060615-

PHELPS NE-

744 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PHELPS

COUNTY...



AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF LOOMIS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF

HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

OCCURRING IN PHELPS COUNTY.  RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN NORTHWEST PHELPS 

COUNTY...NORTH OF BERTRAND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.  RISES IN WATER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED 

ALONG THE SPRING CREEK...DRY CREEK AND THE TURKEY CREEK.



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.



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



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