THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT THURSDAY.

* AT 505 PM CDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG
THE WEST FORK OF THE BIG BLUE RIVER. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG
THE WEST FORK OF THE BIG BLUE RIVER THROUGH THURSDAY FROM JUST
DOWNSTREAM OF GILTNER THROUGH AT LEAST MCCOOL JUNCTION. AT THIS
TIME THE HIGHEST WATER IS LIKELY BETWEEN THE STOCKHAM AND LUSHTON
AREA AND WILL MOVE MORE INTO THE MCCOOL JUNCTION AREA BY THURSDAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

* AT 834 AM CDT, THUNDERSTORMS WITH AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. SINCE AROUND
MIDNIGHT, DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO IS NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. AREA CREEKS AND
OTHER WATERWAYS ARE LIKELY TO SEE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS THROUGH
TODAY, AND SOME RURAL ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCCOOL JUNCTION, STOCKHAM AND LUSHTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAM AND DRAINAGE...WEST FORK BIG BLUE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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