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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

830 AM MDT SAT JUL 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...



* UNTIL 230 PM MDT...



* AT 816 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST   

  OF A BRULE TO OGALLALA TO KEYSTONE LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL  

  CONTINUE TO REFORM OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF KEITH COUNTY AND  

  MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED  

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 6 INCHES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OGALLALA...BRULE...LEMOYNE...     

  PAXTON...ROSCOE AND SARBEN



EVACUATIONS ARE IN PROCESS IN THE VICINITY OF OGALLALA. EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND 

BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION DO 

NOT TRAVEL ACROSS KEITH COUNTY UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



LAT...LON 4137 10203 4102 10201 4103 10129 4138 10130

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