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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

717 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2001



..A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY UNTIL 815

PM CDT...



* AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR AND NORTH OF NEWPORT ALONG 

  HIGHWAY 137.  THE RAIN AREA WAS STATIONARY BUT RADAR SHOWED A 

  GRADUAL WEAKENING AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 8 

  PM CDT.



RADAR INDICATED A 5 TO 8 INCH OF RAIN TOTAL OVER AREAS NORTH 

OF NEWPORT NEAR HIGHWAY 137.  SOME RURAL FARM ROADS ARE WASHED OUT.  

USE CAUTION TRAVELING ACROSS NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY.  ATLEAST ONE 

RURAL ROAD WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF A WASHED OUT CULVERT PIPE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO

STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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