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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

1149 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



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CUSTER NE-LINCOLN NE-

1149 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES...



AT 1147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS THAT CAN PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTY. SATURATED GROUNDS WILL 

RESULT IN CONTINUED RUNOFF FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRESSEY STATE

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 183 AND CUMRO

ROAD...COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OCONTO...

MAXWELL...MASON CITY...CALLAWAY...BRADY...BERWYN AND ANSLEY



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.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.



LAT...LON 4070 10077 4139 10070 4138 9919 4104 9921

      4103 10021 4070 10021

TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 180DEG 0KT 4096 10045



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