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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

215 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



NEC019-099-012315-

BUFFALO NE-KEARNEY NE-

215 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR

KEARNEY AND SOUTHERN BUFFALO COUNTIES...



AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED

6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AXTELL...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF HOLDREGE...

MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

NORMAN...AXTELL...MINDEN  AND KEARNEY. 



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF KEARNEY TO 

SOUTH OF MINDEN HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING...AND WILL RESULT IN MORE 

FLOODING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. 



THROUGH 4 PM...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY TO 

SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF MINDEN WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING 

THUNDERSTORMS. 



SO FAR...THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDE OF 

KEARNEY. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING AROUND THE 

INTERSTATE 80 INTERCHANGE AT KEARNEY. RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WAS 

COMMON IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. THIS HEAVY RAIN 

EXTENDED SOUTH INTO NORTHERN KEARNEY COUNTY TO NEAR THE FORT KEARNEY 

ROAD. SOME CREEKS WHICH ARE IN FLOOD OR WILL FLOOD INCLUDE THE 

CROOKED CREEK...DRY CREEK AND WHISKEY SLOUGH IN NORTHERN KEARNEY 

COUNTY...AND ALL CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY 

OF KEARNEY...AND EXTENDING TO THE WEST ABOUT 3 MILES. 



FURTHER SOUTH...ANOTHER HEAVIER ROUND OF RAIN FELL NEAR AND JUST WEST

OF MINDEN. ROUGHLY 3 TO 4 INCHES APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN IN THAT 

AREA. THE DRY CREEK BASIN AND THE SAND CREEK BASIN WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING. IN SOUTHERN KEARNEY COUNTY...THE UPPER LITTLE BLUE BASIN 

AND THE UPPER THOMPSON CREEK BASIN WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING. 



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

HASTINGS.



LAT...LON 4079 9891 4079 9929 4033 9910 4034 9868



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