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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

257 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



NEC181-051130-

WEBSTER NE-

257 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR

WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL 

STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA 

WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ROSEMONT...BLUE HILL...GUIDE ROCK...AND BLADEN.



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED 

IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



CREEKS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING INCLUDE FARMERS CREEK...INDIAN 

CREEK...CROOKED CREEK...AND ELM CREEK. 



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.



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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