FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
602 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...GREELEY...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
602 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...GREELEY...HOWARD...MERRICK...NANCE...SHERMAN AND VALLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...POLK AND YORK. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...ADAMS...BUFFALO...CLAY...DAWSON... FILLMORE...FRANKLIN...FURNAS...GOSPER...HALL...HAMILTON... HARLAN...KEARNEY...NUCKOLLS...PHELPS...THAYER AND WEBSTER.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...AND LIKELY DUMP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SUCH RAIN AMOUNTS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...AND LIKELY DUMP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SUCH RAIN AMOUNTS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.