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WGUS73 KOAX 300114

FFSOAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

809 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



NEC011-037-119-141-167-300300-

/O.CON.KOAX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080530T0300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

PLATTE NE-BOONE NE-COLFAX NE-MADISON NE-STANTON NE-

809 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR

STANTON...MADISON...COLFAX...BOONE AND PLATTE COUNTIES...



AT 806 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

FLOODING ON COUNTY ROADS JUST WEST OF PLATTE CENTER...INCLUDING

MONASTERY ROAD.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED NEAR HUMPHREY...

WHERE TRACY CREEK HAD RISEN ACROSS HIGHWAY 91.  SHELL CREEK WAS

REPORTED TO BE BANK FULL AT LINDSAY...AND IS LIKELY TO FLOOD

THIS EVENING.



ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO CROSS THE PLATTE

RIVER INTO SOUTHERN BOONE AND PLATTE COUNTIES.  THIS WILL ADD

TO THE FLOODING SITUATION...ESPECIALLY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS 

PLATTE AND INTO COLFAX COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STANTON...

PILGER...NEWMAN GROVE...MADISON...LINDSAY...LEIGH...HOWELLS...

CRESTON...CLARKSON AND ALBION



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 4174 9828 4206 9703 4174 9702 4174 9690

      4146 9691 4138 9713 4140 9738 4133 9759

      4139 9759 4139 9770 4153 9770 4148 9829

TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 180DEG 0KT 4161 9827



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000 

WGUS73 KOAX 300114

FFSOAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

809 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



NEC011-037-119-141-167-300300-

/O.CON.KOAX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080530T0300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

PLATTE NE-BOONE NE-COLFAX NE-MADISON NE-STANTON NE-

809 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR

STANTON...MADISON...COLFAX...BOONE AND PLATTE COUNTIES...



AT 806 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

FLOODING ON COUNTY ROADS JUST WEST OF PLATTE CENTER...INCLUDING

MONASTERY ROAD.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED NEAR HUMPHREY...

WHERE TRACY CREEK HAD RISEN ACROSS HIGHWAY 91.  SHELL CREEK WAS

REPORTED TO BE BANK FULL AT LINDSAY...AND IS LIKELY TO FLOOD

THIS EVENING.



ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO CROSS THE PLATTE

RIVER INTO SOUTHERN BOONE AND PLATTE COUNTIES.  THIS WILL ADD

TO THE FLOODING SITUATION...ESPECIALLY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS 

PLATTE AND INTO COLFAX COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STANTON...

PILGER...NEWMAN GROVE...MADISON...LINDSAY...LEIGH...HOWELLS...

CRESTON...CLARKSON AND ALBION



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 4174 9828 4206 9703 4174 9702 4174 9690

      4146 9691 4138 9713 4140 9738 4133 9759

      4139 9759 4139 9770 4153 9770 4148 9829

TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 180DEG 0KT 4161 9827



$$



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