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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

123 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRANT...



* UNTIL 530 AM MDT



* AT 117 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. SCATTERED 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS AREAS FLOODED EARLIER 

TONIGHT. LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR WILL PRODUCE FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

VENANGO...BRANDON...GRAINTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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. UNPAVED ROADS AND SOME SECONDARY ROADS 

MAY BE STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE FOR TRAVEL. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS 

SOUTHWEST PERKINS COUNTY WHERE UPWARDS TO 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN. ALSO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS FAR 

SOUTHEAST PERKINS COUNTY SOUTH OF GRAINTON.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH

PLATTE.



LAT...LON 4071 10203 4070 10125 4099 10126 4099 10204



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