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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

715 AM MDT SAT JUL 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...



* UNTIL 1015 AM MDT...



* AT 707 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERING   

  MOST OF PERKINS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 

  ELSIE...GRAINTON...MADRID...GRANT...BRANDON...AND VENANGO...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

NORTH PLATTE.



LAT...LON 4099 10160 4098 10202 4072 10205 4074 10172

          4074 10128 4099 10128

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