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WGUS73 KLBF 042354

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

652 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



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CHASE NE-

552 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR CHASE

COUNTY...



AT 549 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 61 

MILE MARKER 50 AND MANY AREAS TO THE EAST OF THIS HIGHWAY.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS IS LIKELY IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING

FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.



LAT...LON 4038 10192 4052 10192 4069 10176 4070 10154

      4070 10153 4070 10135 4039 10135 4037 10176

TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 180DEG 0KT 4055 10153



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