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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

544 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007



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LINCOLN NE-

544 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR

LINCOLN COUNTY...



AT 541 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MAXWELL TO WELLFLEET...OR ALONG A LINE

EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 14 MILES WEST OF 

CURTIS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WATER 1 FOOT DEEP WAS REPORTED 

CROSSING HIGHWAY 23...3 MILES EAST OF DICKENS. IN ADDITION...AREAS 

OF STATE FARM ROAD EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 WERE REPORTED UNDER WATER.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...BRADY...JEFFREY

CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND HANSEN MEMORIAL RESERVE

STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH

PLATTE.



LAT...LON 4138 10096 4071 10124 4068 10023 4139 10024



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