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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

1012 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



NEC029-121715-

CHASE NE-

912 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM MDT FOR

CHASE COUNTY...



AT 911 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.



THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH 

ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO CHASE COUNTY. BY 1115 AM MDT...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS 

WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AND A 

REISSUANCE FOR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS LIKELY.



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 MOVING DOWN FRENCHMAN CREEK ABOVE CHAMPION AND 

ENDERS DAM. 



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 TODAY UNTIL 

ENGINEERS HAVE INSPECTED THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ROADWAYS. 

UNPAVED ROADS MAY BE WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE. 



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.



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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000 

WGUS73 KLBF 121526

FFSLBF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

1012 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



NEC029-121715-

CHASE NE-

912 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM MDT FOR

CHASE COUNTY...



AT 911 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.



THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH 

ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO CHASE COUNTY. BY 1115 AM MDT...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS 

WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AND A 

REISSUANCE FOR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS LIKELY.



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 MOVING DOWN FRENCHMAN CREEK ABOVE CHAMPION AND 

ENDERS DAM. 



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 TODAY UNTIL 

ENGINEERS HAVE INSPECTED THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ROADWAYS. 

UNPAVED ROADS MAY BE WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE. 



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.



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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KAR

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