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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

953 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



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LINCOLN NE-HAYES NE-FRONTIER NE-

953 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR

FRONTIER...EXTREME EASTERN HAYES AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN

COUNTIES...



AT 951 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. AT 830 AM 

CDT...REPORTS OF WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 23 WERE RECEIVED FOR 

LOCATIONS BETWEEN FARNAM AND EUSTIS.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MAYWOOD...MOOREFIELD AND EUSTIS.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4034 10078 4070 10079 4070 9998 4069 9997

      4044 9997 4044 9999 4043 10007 4036 10007

      4034 10009 4033 10075

TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 191DEG 20KT 4056 10024



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