

000 

WGUS73 KLBF 120838

FFSLBF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

331 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



NEC029-121315-

CHASE NE-

231 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM MDT FOR CHASE

COUNTY...



AT 226 AM MDT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS PARTS OF 

WESTERN CHASE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED AT 1 INCH PER 

HOUR IN THIS AREA.



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 OR 

STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. AT 140 AM MDT...POLICE REPORTED WATER OVER U.S. 

HIGHWAY 6 WEST OF IMPERIAL. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ON U.S. HIGHWAY 6 

AS THIS ROAD MAY BE FLOODED OR SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

LAMAR...CHAMPION AND IMPERIAL.



RADAR AND POLICE ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OR 

GREATER ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN CHASE COUNTY. THROUGH 530 AM 

MDT...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY 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.



FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY MOVING DOWN FRENCHMAN CREEK ABOVE CHAMPION 

AND ENDERS DAM. THE FLOOD CREST COULD REACH BETWEEN 6 AND 12 FEET AT 

CHAMPION BY 6 AM MDT. THIS IS BASED ON THE FLOOD EVENTS OF JUNE 1997 

AND JUNE 1940 WHICH PRODUCED CRESTS OF 5.88 FEET AND 12.40 FEET 

RESPECTIVELY.



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 4035 10204 4034 10134 4068 10135 4069 10203



$$



CDC

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000 

WGUS73 KLBF 120838

FFSLBF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

331 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



NEC029-121315-

CHASE NE-

231 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM MDT FOR CHASE

COUNTY...



AT 226 AM MDT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS PARTS OF 

WESTERN CHASE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED AT 1 INCH PER 

HOUR IN THIS AREA.



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 OR 

STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. AT 140 AM MDT...POLICE REPORTED WATER OVER U.S. 

HIGHWAY 6 WEST OF IMPERIAL. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ON U.S. HIGHWAY 6 

AS THIS ROAD MAY BE FLOODED OR SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

LAMAR...CHAMPION AND IMPERIAL.



RADAR AND POLICE ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OR 

GREATER ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN CHASE COUNTY. THROUGH 530 AM 

MDT...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY 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.



FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY MOVING DOWN FRENCHMAN CREEK ABOVE CHAMPION 

AND ENDERS DAM. THE FLOOD CREST COULD REACH BETWEEN 6 AND 12 FEET AT 

CHAMPION BY 6 AM MDT. THIS IS BASED ON THE FLOOD EVENTS OF JUNE 1997 

AND JUNE 1940 WHICH PRODUCED CRESTS OF 5.88 FEET AND 12.40 FEET 

RESPECTIVELY.



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 4035 10204 4034 10134 4068 10135 4069 10203



$$



CDC

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