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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

1115 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002



..A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY UNTIL 

100 AM MDT...



AT 1115 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STATIONARY AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 11 MILES EAST OF 

LEWELLEN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGALLALA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GARDEN COUNTY SINCE 

WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH AS MUCH AS FIVE TO SIX INCHES IN A NARROW 

BAND OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 26. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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...AND SO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO

STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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