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WGUS73 KGID 081855

FFSGRI

KSZ017-082200-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

155 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...RURAL ROADS STILL UNDER WATER IN SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY...



AT 120 PM...ROOKS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS

STILL UNDER WATER IN SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY.  THE HEAVY RAINS FROM

THIS MORNING CAUSED STREAMS AND DITCHES TO FLOOD...AND THESE HIGH

WATERS CONTINUE TO AFFECT RURAL AREAS OF ROOKS COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH THE WATERS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND

EVENING HOURS...SOME ROADS MAY STILL BE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON DUE

TO BEING EITHER WASHED OUT OR UNDER WATER.  VEHICLES CAN EASILY GET

STUCK IN THE SOFT ROAD SURFACE...BECOME HIGH CENTERED...OR POSSIBLY

BE WASHED OFF THE ROAD.  WHEN A ROAD IS UNDER WATER...OFTEN THE ROAD

SURFACE CAN NOT BE SEEN AND LARGE HOLES MAY BE HIDDEN...OR SECTIONS

OF THE ROAD WASHED AWAY.



ROOKS COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO BARRICADE SOME ROADS.  NEVER ATTEMPT

TO DRIVE AROUND A BARRICADE.



ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL ROOKS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON OR

TONIGHT SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION...AND TRY TO AVOID MINOR ROADS OR

LOW LYING ROADS.



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