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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

809 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YORK.



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 758 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED OVER 3 

INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF YORK COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

YORK...WACO...GRESHAM...BRADSHAW AND BENEDICT



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 3.5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN 

THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 

EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.  FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG  

LINCOLN AND BEAVER CREEKS.



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. 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.



LAT...LON 4070 9782 4070 9758 4070 9737 4104 9737

      4103 9783 4084 9782



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