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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

313 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



NEC111-050830-

LINCOLN NE-

313 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...



AT 308 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF MAXWELL TO 8

MILES NORTHEAST OF HANSEN MEMORIAL RESERVE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

AREA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH

PLATTE TO 14 MILES NORTH OF CURTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JEFFREY

CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND BRADY.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4072 10069 4072 10024 4137 10026 4138 10072



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