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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

841 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



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HAMILTON NE-MERRICK NE-

841 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

MERRICK AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...



AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN MERRICK AND HAMILTON 

COUNTIES.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL 

CAUSE AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

PALMER...MARQUETTE...HORDVILLE...CLARKS...CHAPMAN...CENTRAL CITY AND 

ARCHER.



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.





LAT...LON 4115 9783 4070 9782 4071 9828 4127 9828

      4126 9810 4128 9810 4128 9806 4129 9805

      4129 9790 4130 9789 4130 9781 4119 9781

TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 180DEG 0KT 4095 9825



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