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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

1140 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002



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

100 AM MDT...



AT 1140 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN WAS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY OVER THE SOUTHERN 

HALF OF GARDEN COUNTY...AND WAS EXPECTED TO END BY 100 AM MDT. 



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GARDEN COUNTY SINCE WEDNESDAY 

EVENING...WITH AS MUCH AS FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN ACCUMULATING IN 

A NARROW BAND OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF 

HIGHWAY 26. 



ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS NO LONGER LIKELY IN GARDEN 

COUNTY FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN 

THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL RESULT IN 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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