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WGUS73 KGID 232240

FFSGID



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

539 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



NEC047-232345-

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DAWSON NE-

539 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR

WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY...



AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLOW 

ISLAND...GOTHENBURG AND COZAD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 630 PM.



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 4104 10020 4104 9982 4070 9988 4070 10019

TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 180DEG 0KT 4073 10006



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