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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

939 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



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SMITH KS-ROOKS KS-OSBORNE KS-

939 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE...NORTHEASTERN ROOKS AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH

COUNTIES...



AT 932 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 ALTON... 

PORTIS...HARLAN...AND CROOKED CREEK.  



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

IN THE WARNED AREA. A RAINFALL TOTAL OF 2.52 WAS RECORDED IN 

WOODSTON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH 

ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. 



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 3956 9904 3963 9880 3967 9868 3956 9859

      3953 9857 3931 9909 3947 9924



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