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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

710 PM MDT SAT AUG 25 2001



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL SIOUX COUNTY AND

WEST CENTRAL DAWES COUNTY IN THE NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE

HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 8 PM MDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL LATE THIS AFTERNOON SOME 7 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF CRAWFORD...OR 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON...WAS STILL CAUSING

MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE WHITE RIVER.  THE RISING WATER WAS JUST

REACHING FORT ROBINSON STATE PARK 3 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORD AT 7 PM.

THUS...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 8 PM.



PEOPLE LIVING OR CAMPING ALONG THE WHITE RIVER AND NEARBY SMALLER

CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RISING WATER AND MINOR

LOWLAND FLOODING.



IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING...SEEK 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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