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WGUS73 KLBF 051507

FFSLBF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

1007 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



NEC135-051715-

/O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080605T1715Z/

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

PERKINS NE-

907 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM MDT FOR

PERKINS COUNTY...



AT 904 AM 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 WILD HORSE

SPRING...MADRID...GRANT...GRAINTON AND ELSIE



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MDT

THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.



LAT...LON 4070 10163 4070 10184 4100 10185 4100 10125

      4070 10125 4069 10162

TIME...MOT...LOC 1507Z 180DEG 0KT 4082 10156



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