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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

512 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  NANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  NORTHERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY RAIN FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...ESPECIALLY FROM NORTH OF CENTRAL 

CITY...TO SOUTH OF CLARKS AND SILVER CREEK. MUCH OF THIS AREA 

RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO...AND 

WILL BE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE EVENING. 



THERE ARE SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WHICH WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 

FLASH FLOODING. IN MERRICK COUNTY...FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG THE 

SILVER CREEK FROM ARCHER TO THE TOWN OF SILVER CREEK. ALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS IN POLK COUNTY MAY FLOOD...INCLUDING THE CLEAR CREEK...DAVIS 

CREEK...PRAIRIE CREEK...AND THE BIG BLUE RIVER. 



IN YORK COUNTY...THE LINCOLN CREEK BASIN WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING...AND IN HAMILTON COUNTY THE BIG BLUE BASIN AND PARTS OF 

THE LINCOLN CREEK NORTH OF HAMPTON MAY FLOOD. FINALLY IN NANCE 

COUNTY...FLOODING APPEARS MOST LIKELY IN THE PRAIRIE CREEK BASIN IN 

THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. ALSO...SOME FLOODING MAY OCCUR 

ALONG THE BEAVER CREEK IN THE GENOA AREA...THANKS TO RUN OFF FROM 

THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. 



FOR SOME AREAS...THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 

SITUATION...WHICH WILL LAST INTO THE NIGHT HOURS. 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 4087 9826 4148 9828 4148 9810 4152 9803

      4151 9791 4153 9788 4153 9771 4140 9770

      4139 9760 4134 9759 4140 9739 4139 9736

      4089 9736



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