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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

838 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



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GREELEY NE-HOWARD NE-

838 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



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

HOWARD AND SOUTHERN GREELEY COUNTIES...



AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN HOWARD AND SOUTHERN GREELEY 

COUNTIES.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLBACH AND 

COTESFIELD.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING

FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.



LAT...LON 4164 9827 4147 9828 4104 9828 4104 9874

      4144 9875 4165 9828

TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 180DEG 0KT 4134 9863



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