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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

1239 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AN EARTHEN DAM FAILURE ON BLACKWOOD 

  CREEK IN HAYES COUNTY ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 17.



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 1232 PM CDT...THE IMMINENT FAILURE OF AN EARTHEN DAM IN 

SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY WAS REPORTED BY AN EMERGENCY MANAGER. THE DAM 

IS BELIEVED TO BE 140 FEET LONG AND RETAINS A BODY OF WATER 

APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE LONG.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BLACKWOOD CREEK FROM NEAR OLD HIGHWAY 

17 TOWARD THE HAYES COUNTY HITCHCOCK COUNTY LINE. THE FLOOD CREST IS 

UNKNOWN AND ARRIVAL TIME ARE UNKNOWN.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



PEOPLE BELOW THE DAM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION BY MONITORING LOCAL

RADIO OR TELEVISION AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANY REQUIRED

EVACUATION AS OUTLINED BY LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 4040 10088 4034 10082 4034 10094 4039 10095



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