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RWUS32 KCYS 252345

FFSCYS

NEZ001-002-260100-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

544 PM MDT SAT AUG 25 2001



...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST CENTRAL

SIOUX COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL DAWES COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE

UNTIL 7 PM MDT...



A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER

EAST CENTRAL SIOUX COUNTY IN THE NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE

LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STORM WAS ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

CRAWFORD...OR SOME 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON...MOVING SLOWLY

SOUTHEAST.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN

HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA JUST SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20.



PEOPLE ALONG THE WHITE RIVER AND NEARBY SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS

SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF RISING WATER AND SOME MINOR

FLOODING.  BE READY TO MOVE ANY IMPORTANT ITEMS TO HIGHER GROUND.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

REMEMBER...NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH WHETHER

ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



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JLH

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