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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

529 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



NEC135-121130-

PERKINS NE-

429 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM MDT FOR

PERKINS COUNTY...



AT 423 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 WILD HORSE 

SPRING...VENANGO...BRANDON...GRANT AND MADRID WHERE 6 INCHES OF RAIN 

MAY HAVE FALLEN.



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

THIS MORNING 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 SPRING CREEK AND SAND CREEK 

SOUTH OF BRANDON AND EAST OF VENANGO. THE DEPTH OF THESE WATERS IS 

UNCERTAIN BUT RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

IN THIS AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING.



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.



TRAVEL COULD BE HAZARDOUS ON COUNTY OR SECONDARY ROADS THIS MORNING. 

AS ROADS MAY BE UNDERWATER OR IMPASSABLE DUE TO WASHOUTS OR 

STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. 



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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