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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

1005 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...



* UNTIL 100 AM MDT...



* AT 957 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A LARGE AND NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  OSHKOSH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEWELLEN AND LISCO



AT 1003 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GARDEN COUNTY SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE 

OF LISCO.  HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD 

OF GARDEN COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT MDT...RESULTING IN RAINFALL TOTALS 

OF BETWEEN THREE AND SIX INCHES OVER THE AREA.



PLEASE BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHERN 

GARDEN COUNTY TONIGHT SINCE IT WILL BE 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. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREA.



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 4140 10263 4124 10260 4123 10208 4153 10205

          4154 10267

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