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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

549 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007



NEC029-063-085-300345-

HAYES NE-CHASE NE-FRONTIER NE-

549 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT(945 PM

MDT) FOR FRONTIER...EASTERN CHASE AND HAYES COUNTIES...



AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 

IN ADDITION...A BROAD AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 

EASTERN CHASE...ACROSS ALL OF HAYES COUNTY...AND INTO WESTERN 

FRONTIER COUNTY. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 

PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FLASH FLOODING IS IMMANENT.



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

WILLOW RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE

MANAGEMENT AREA...MEDICINE CREEK RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...

MAYWOOD...STOCKVILLE AND CURTIS



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 4035 10162 4035 10008 4068 10008 4069 10165



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