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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

804 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



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PHILLIPS KS-SMITH KS-ROOKS KS-FRANKLIN NE-WEBSTER NE-HARLAN NE-

804 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN HARLAN...SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...

NORTHWESTERN ROOKS...NORTHWESTERN SMITH AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...



AT 759 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPEED...SMITH

CENTER...PHILLIPSBURG...KIRWIN...KENSINGTON...GLADE...CEDAR...

ATHOL...AGRA...RIVERTON...REPUBLICAN CITY...RED 

CLOUD...NAPONEE...INAVALE...HARLAN COUNTY DAM...FRANKLIN AND 

BLOOMINGTON.



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OBSERVERS HAVE REPORTED THAT 4 INCHES HAD 

FALLEN IN RED CLOUD.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS 

MORNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.  THE CROOKED CREEK WAS RUNNING 2 TO 3 

FEET OUT OF ITS BANKS THIS MORNING NEAR RED CLOUD.



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.



LAT...LON 3932 9962 3994 9950 4019 9911 4024 9850

      3994 9852 3951 9911

TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 180DEG 0KT 3952 9910



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