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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

730 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON.



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 728 PM 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 WILLOW

  ISLAND...SUMNER...GOTHENBURG...EDDYVILLE AND COZAD



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN 

WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY AROUND GOTHENBURG. THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND 

ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN DAWSON COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY 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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4068 10023 4068 9939 4106 9939 4105 10023



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