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WGUS73 KGID 082303

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KSZ017-091100-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

602 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



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



AT 545 PM...THE ROOKS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED LITTLE IF ANY

IMPROVEMENT CONCERNING THE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY. OFFICIALS

ARE STILL REPORTING THAT SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN UNDER WATER IN SOUTHERN

ROOKS COUNTY...ALL STEMMING FROM HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS MORNING.

THESE HIGH WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT RURAL AREAS OF ROOKS COUNTY

INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.



ALTHOUGH THE WATERS SHOULD SLOWLY RECEDE TONIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTY...

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 CANNOT BE SEEN AND LARGE HOLES MAY BE

HIDDEN...OR SECTIONS OF THE ROAD WASHED AWAY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY

PROBLEMATIC AT NIGHT.



ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL ROOKS COUNTY THROUGH EARLY

SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. TRY TO AVOID SECONDARY

ROADS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOW LYING AREAS.



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