

000 

WGUS73 KLBF 172215

FFSLBF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

515 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008



NEC085-172345-

/O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080717T2345Z/

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

HAYES NE-

515 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR HAYES

COUNTY...



AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

AREA...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 7 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY

  515 PM CDT...



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF AN INCH OR LESS IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 645 PM.



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.



LAT...LON 4035 10134 4070 10133 4070 10077 4034 10078

      4034 10133



$$



CDC

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000 

WGUS73 KLBF 172215

FFSLBF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

515 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008



NEC085-172345-

/O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080717T2345Z/

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

HAYES NE-

515 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR HAYES

COUNTY...



AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

AREA...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 7 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYES CENTER STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY

  515 PM CDT...



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF AN INCH OR LESS IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 645 PM.



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.



LAT...LON 4035 10134 4070 10133 4070 10077 4034 10078

      4034 10133



$$



CDC

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