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WGUS73 KLBF 210853

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NEC111-211045-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

348 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT THURSDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

     LINCOLN



AT 344 AM CDT (244 AM MDT) THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN 

CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...INCLUDING NORTH PLATTE. RADAR ESTIMATES 

SHOW 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 3 AM CDT. AT NORTH 

PLATTE A PRELIMARY ESTIMATE OF 1.38 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

WITH THE RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH 5 AM CDT THEN TAPER OFF AS THE 

LINE OF STORMS MOVE EAST.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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