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WGUS73 KGID 081253

FFSGRI

KSZ017-081600-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

752 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY HAS

BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 11 AM...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP RAIN OVER ROOKS

COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 9 AM...WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH

11 AM.



AROUND 730 THIS MORNING...ROOKS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAD WATER RUNNING OVER THEM...AND A FEW ROADS

WERE WASHED OUT. COUNTY CREWS WERE BARRICADING SOME OF THESE ROADS.



COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE

A BROAD AREA OF 3 TO 4 INCH RAINS FROM JUST NORTH OF ZURICH...THROUGH

PLAINVILLE...AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COUNTY.  THE

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS CONCENTRATED JUST NORTHWEST OF PLAINVILLE.



REMEMBER TO NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD...AND DO

NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.  THE ROAD SURFACE MAY BE WASHED AWAY...

AND THE DEPTH OF THE WATER MAY BE UNKNOWN.



THE HIGH WATERS SHOULD RECEDE BY NOON...AND NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS

EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON.



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