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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

711 PM MDT MON JUN 11 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IMPERIAL...

  WESTERN HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...



* UNTIL 115 AM MDT TUESDAY(215 AM CDT TUESDAY)



* AT 710 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 

  TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS CHASE COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM    

  THIS RAINFALL WILL BE CARRIED DOWN STREAM BY THE STINKING WATER    

  AND FRENCHMAN CREEK BASINS INTO WESTERN HAYES COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ENDERS

  RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...WAUNETA...LAMAR...HAMLET...ENDERS

  AND CHAMPION



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS 

CHASE AND HAYES COUNTIES.



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.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4038 10199 4037 10104 4067 10106 4066 10201



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