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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

110 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 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...



* UNTIL 715 AM MDT



* AT 100 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL CHASE   

  COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE IN   

  CHASE COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS A MAJOR FLOOD   

  CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  LAMAR...IMPERIAL AND CHAMPION.



6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS 

OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 4 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.



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.



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.



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.



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 10204 4034 10134 4068 10135 4069 10203



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