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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

559 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



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FRONTIER NE-

559 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY...



AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

HIGHWAY 23 BETWEEN MOOREFIELD AND EUSTIS MAY BE FLOODED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUSTIS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 7 PM CDT 

IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING

FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.



LAT...LON 4068 10038 4069 9998 4055 9999 4056 10039

TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 180DEG 0KT 4065 10011



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