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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

656 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007



NEC029-063-085-300345-

HAYES NE-CHASE NE-FRONTIER NE-

656 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 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS TO

10 MILES EAST OF HAMLET...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES

NORTHEAST OF CURTIS TO 11 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST

AT 20 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  MAYWOOD...8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYES CENTER AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST

  OF HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 655 PM CDT...

  CURTIS BY 715 PM CDT...

  RED WILLOW RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA BY 725 PM CDT...

  STOCKVILLE BY 755 PM CDT...

  MEDICINE CREEK RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA BY 800 PM CDT...



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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