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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

500 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON.

  GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR JOHNSON LAKE...AND ALSO NEAR    

  GOTHENBURG. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE GOSPER COUNTY

  AREA...AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL DAWSON

  COUNTY. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY    

  EVENING HOURS. 

 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  COZAD...ELWOOD...LEXINGTON...SMITHFIELD...BERTRAND...WILLOW ISLAND 

  AND GOTHENBURG



THERE ARE SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WHICH MAY FLOOD. IN GOSPER 

COUNTY...THE ELK...DRY..AND TURKEY CREEKS SOUTH OF ELWOOD WILL BE 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. ALSO...THE MUDDY CREEK IN SOUTHWEST GOSPER 

COUNTY MAY HAVE FLOODING ISSUES...FROM RUNOFF OF HEAVY RAIN IN 

EASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY. 



IN DAWSON COUNTY...THE BUFFALO CREEK NEAR GOTHENBURG IS MOST LIKELY 

TO FLOOD INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS THE RAIN INCREASES IN THE 

COUNTY...THE FLASH FLOOD RISK WILL INCREASE AS WELL...WITH THE 

GROUND SATURATED FROM OTHER RECENT HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED IN THE COZAD AREA. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4105 10021 4105 9965 4035 9964 4035 10009

      4044 10009 4045 10008 4045 9998 4069 9998

      4069 10002 4069 10022 4104 10022



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