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WGUS73 KGID 291245

FFSGID



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

741 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2007



NEC079-291600-

HALL NE-

741 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR HALL

COUNTY...



AT 736 AM CDT...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT CONTINUED TO 

CAUSE FLOODING IN HALL COUNTY.  RAINFALL REPORTS THROUGHOUT GRAND 

ISLAND HAVE AVERAGED FROM 4 TO 4.6 INCHES.  A WATER DETENTION CELL 

IN GRAND ISLAND NEAR STATE AND WEBB STREETS HAS OVERFLOWED...AND 

STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND ISLAND 

AND CAIRO.



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.



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 4071 9872 4104 9872 4104 9829 4100 9829

      4099 9827 4071 9828



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