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SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TYPO

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

921 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2001



...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR RED WILLOW COUNTY

OF NEBRASKA UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...



AT 1018 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

RED WILLOW COUNTY AND WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. RADAR RAINFALL

ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES WERE INDICATED ACROSS WESTERN AND

CENTRAL RED WILLOW COUNTY FROM STORMS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF

HOURS.



THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OUT OF

RED WILLOW COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. DUE TO THE SATURATED

GROUND BENEATH THE PREVIOUS HEAVY STORMS ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY RESULTING IN SMALL STREAMS BEING AT OR ABOVE

BANKFULL AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IN LOW LYING AREAS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING ON ROADS WHICH MAY CAUSE YOUR

VEHICLE TO HYDROPLANE OUT OF CONTROL. ALSO CONTINUE TO BE CAREFUL

WHEN APPROACHING LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WATER MAY ALSO POND AND

RUN THROUGH THOSE AREAS. IF DRIVING ON DIRT ROADS BE CAREFUL SINCE

THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE THE SOFT MUD TO CAUSE YOUR VEHICLE TO

BECOME STUCK.



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