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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

820 PM MDT SAT JUL 6 2002



..A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PERKINS COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM

MDT...



* AT 817 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 4 MILES EAST OF GRANT.   MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



AT 756 PM MDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY 61 CLOSED DUE 

TO WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO

STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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