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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

915 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM MDT FOR 

GRANT...DEUEL...PERKINS...KEITH...SHERIDAN...ARTHUR AND GARDEN 

COUNTIES...



A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE 

EAST AND OVERSPREAD MOST OF THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO 

WESTERN NEBRASKA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS 

OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER 

STORMS.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER AREAS WHICH RECEIVED ABUNDANT RAINFALL 

LAST NIGHT.  THE GROUND OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA HAS BECOME 

NEARLY SATURATED...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN 

RAPID RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS...CREEKS...AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.  



CULVERTS AND GRAVEL ROADWAYS IN PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN NEBRASKA 

PANHANDLE INTO EXTREME WESTERN NEBRASKA MAY WASH OUT IF RUNOFF FROM 

HEAVY RAIN BECOMES EXCESSIVE.  THEREFORE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 

THROUGH AREAS WHERE YOU ARE UNCERTAIN OF THE STABILITY OF THE ROAD 

BED.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER 

GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO

STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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