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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

520 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



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CHASE NE-

420 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 414 AM MDT...ALL INDICATIONS ARE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND NO 

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING. 

ANOTHER POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE APPROACHING 

SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LATER THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON AND MORE 

HEAVY RAINFALL COULD DEVELOP.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

IMPERIAL...CHAMPION AND LAMAR.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE EARLY 

THIS MORNING IN THE WARNED AREA.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS UNDER 

WATER IN CHASE COUNTY LAST NIGHT. CHASE COUNTY OFFICIALS STRONGLY 

DISCOURAGE TRAVEL ON ANY COUNTY OR SECONDARY ROADS EARLY THIS 

MORNING UNTIL ENGINEERS HAVE INSPECTED THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF 

THE ROADWAYS. UNPAVED ROADS MAY BE WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE. 



RADAR ESTIMATES AND REPORTS FROM POLICE INDICATE AT LEAST 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT AND IT IS POSSIBLE SOME AREAS MAY HAVE 

RECEIVED 8 INCHES OR MORE.



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 THIS MORNING. 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.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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



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