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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

134 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



NEC029-085-120715-

HAYES NE-CHASE NE-

1234 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT(215 AM

CDT) FOR CHASE AND WESTERN HAYES COUNTIES...



AT 1230 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER IN CHASE COUNTY. CHASE COUNTY OFFICIALS 

STRONGLY DISCOURAGE TRAVEL ON ANY COUNTY OR SECONDARY ROADS FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...AS ROADS ARE UNDERWATER OR IMPASSABLE DUE TO 

WASHOUT. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ON U.S. HIGHWAY 6 AS AREAS OF INTENSE 

RAINFALL COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

LAMAR...CHAMPION AND IMPERIAL.



RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA 

INCLUDING WESTERN CHASE COUNTY. THROUGH 330 AM MDT...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED OVERNIGHT.



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.



FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY MOVING DOWN FRENCHMAN CREEK ABOVE CHAMPION 

AND ENDERS DAM. THE FLOOD CREST COULD REACH 10 FEET AT CHAMPION BY 6 

AM MDT.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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



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