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WGUS73 KGID 300745

FFSGID



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

245 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



NEC143-301245-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

POLK NE-

245 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR POLK

COUNTY...



AT 239 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN POLK COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL 

ON SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.



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

OSCEOLA.



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 4114 9782 4131 9761 4138 9739 4105 9737

      4105 9780

TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 180DEG 0KT 4114 9760



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