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WGUS53 KGID 050543

FFWGID

NEC181-051130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

1236 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSEMONT...

  BLUE HILL...BLADEN...COWLES...RED CLOUD...AND GUIDE ROCK. 



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

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

EXPECTED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



AT 1225 AM THE PUBLIC REPORTED LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 

281 APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF BLUE HILL. IN ADDITION...FLASH 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE WITH 3 INCHES OF 

WATER ACROSS ROADS IN THIS AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3999 9873 3999 9825 4035 9825 4036 9873



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