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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

559 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2005



NEC183-121200-

WHEELER NE-

559 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR WHEELER

COUNTY...



AT 554 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST 

WHEELER COUNTY WITH RAINFALL RATES OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR AND TOTAL 

RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARTLETT.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER ALL BUT SOUTHEAST WHEELER COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST WHEELER COUNTY 

BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS SOMETIME AROUND 7 AM CDT.



RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS FALLEN EAST OF HIGHWAY 281 

AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 70. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH

PLATTE.



LAT...LON 4198 9867 4185 9854 4179 9855 4174 9830

      4196 9829 4199 9830 4208 9850 4208 9857

      4204 9857 4206 9867



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