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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

1254 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005



NEC183-201000-

WHEELER NE-

1254 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR WHEELER

COUNTY...



AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 

MILES NORTHWEST OF BARTLETT TO 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

ERICSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS 281 AND HIGHWAY 70...COUNTY ROADS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



JUST PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT...RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES FELL IN 

BARTLETT. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 281 SOUTH OF BARTLETT JUST 

BEFORE MIDNIGHT AS WELL AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF WASHED OUT OR 

FLOODED COUNTY ROADS SOUTHEAST OF BARTLETT. WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED 

IN A BASEMENT IN BARTLETT WHERE ELECTRICITY NEEDED TO BE SHUT OFF.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH

PLATTE.



LAT...LON 4174 9871 4175 9830 4207 9831 4200 9858



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