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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

410 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE...



AT 410 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD EXITED THE WARNED 

AREA GREATLY REDUCING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  1 TO 2 

INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WHICH FELL BETWEEN 1 AM AND 2 AM CDT DID NOT 

PRODUCE FLOODING IN NORTH PLATTE BUT RURAL FARM ROADS MAY HAVE 

FLOODED WITH SOME WASHOUTS IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS.  



USE CAUTION TRAVELING ACROSS RURAL AREAS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  TRAVEL ON 

RURAL FARM ROADS COULD BE HAZARDOUS.  USE EXTREME CAUTION TRAVELING 

AS HEAVY RAINS CAN CARVE DEEP GULLIES IN POORLY DRAINED SAND ROADS.



THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY 

APPEARS SOMEWHAT UNLIKELY THIS MORNING.  RADAR HOWEVER DOES INDICATE 

A SLOWLY DEVELOPING AREA OF SHOWERS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN 

ACROSS CHASE COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTH INTO FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  

CONDITIONS REMAIN SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT HOWEVER THE 

FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN MAY BE SHIFTING EASTWARD TO AREAS NEAR OR JUST 

NORTH OF LEXINGTON AND MCCOOK.  THIS AREA AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST 

NEBRASKA WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED THIS MORNING FOR HEAVY RAINFALL 

DEVELOPMENT.  



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO

STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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