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WGUS73 KGID 291250

FFSGID



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

747 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2007



NEC081-291730-

HAMILTON NE-

747 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR

HAMILTON COUNTY...



AT 741 AM CDT...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT CONTINUED TO 

PRODUCE FLOODING IN HAMILTON COUNTY.  RAINFALL REPORTS AVERAGE FROM 

3.15 INCHES TO 7.12 INCHES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.  COUNTY OFFICIALS 

REPORTED 2 TO 2.5 FEET OF WATER WAS COVERING K ROAD BETWEEN ROADS 15 

AND 17...FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF AURORA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

AURORA...MARQUETTE AND HORDVILLE.



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 4088 9826 4103 9806 4104 9806 4109 9797

      4109 9792 4111 9788 4116 9783 4070 9782

      4071 9826



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