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000 

WGUS53 KGID 050941

FFWGID

NEC061-051545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

433 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 428 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR  

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SPREADING NORTH INTO     

  FRANKLIN COUNTY EARLY TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO

  ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS

  THE SOUTHEAST PART OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  FRANKLIN...BLOOMINGTON...NAPONEE AND RIVERTON. 



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING 

SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY DUE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. 



THE THOMPSON CREEK RIVER GAGE AT RIVERTON REPORTED A STAGE OF 11.5

FEET AS OF 4 AM. FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. 



THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT RIVERTON WAS NEARLY 7 FEET AS OF 4 AM. FLOOD 

STAGE IS 9 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GO INTO THE FLOOD EARLY

THIS MORNING. 



ANY CREEK AND STREAM...AND THE REPUBLICAN RIVER...DOWNSTREAM OF 

REPUBLICAN CITY IN SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...IS IN FLOOD OR WILL FLOOD. 

THE WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS WASHED OUT ROADS AND BRIDGES ALL ACROSS

SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 

AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3999 9919 3999 9871 4018 9870 4035 9871

      4035 9918



$$

NWS

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000 

WGUS53 KGID 050941

FFWGID

NEC061-051545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

433 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 428 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR  

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SPREADING NORTH INTO     

  FRANKLIN COUNTY EARLY TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO

  ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS

  THE SOUTHEAST PART OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  FRANKLIN...BLOOMINGTON...NAPONEE AND RIVERTON. 



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING 

SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY DUE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. 



THE THOMPSON CREEK RIVER GAGE AT RIVERTON REPORTED A STAGE OF 11.5

FEET AS OF 4 AM. FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. 



THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT RIVERTON WAS NEARLY 7 FEET AS OF 4 AM. FLOOD 

STAGE IS 9 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GO INTO THE FLOOD EARLY

THIS MORNING. 



ANY CREEK AND STREAM...AND THE REPUBLICAN RIVER...DOWNSTREAM OF 

REPUBLICAN CITY IN SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...IS IN FLOOD OR WILL FLOOD. 

THE WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS WASHED OUT ROADS AND BRIDGES ALL ACROSS

SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 

AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3999 9919 3999 9871 4018 9870 4035 9871

      4035 9918



$$

NWS

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