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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

654 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IMPERIAL...



* UNTIL 1115 AM MDT



* AT 646 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EXTENSIVE 

  FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF CHASE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  IMPERIAL...CHAMPION AND LAMAR.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED THIS 

MORNING. BUT HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING 

AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA.



AT 645 AM MDT...OFFICIALS REPORT HIGHWAY 6 WEST OF IMPERIAL IS UNDER 

2 FEET OF WATER. MANY COUNTY ROADS IN WESTERN CHASE COUNTY ARE 

WASHED OUT. FRENCHMAN CREEK IS OVERFLOWING THE DAM AT CHAMPION.



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.



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. 



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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