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WGUS73 KLBF 281110

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

607 AM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007



NEC085-281145-

HAYES NE-

607 AM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY...



AT 603 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA HAS ENDED. THE WARNING 

CONTINUES UNTIL DAYLIGHT TO ALERT MOTORISTS OF POTENTIAL DANGER 

TRAVELING.



RADAR AND OBSERVED REPORTS INDICATE 1 AND 1/2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAYES CENTER



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4038 10133 4034 10089 4047 10081 4062 10133



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