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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

158 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KEYA PAHA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT(300 AM MDT)



* AT 1249 AM MDT(149 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF NENZEL TO

  SPRINGVIEW...OR FROM 25 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE TO 4 MILES   

  SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  2 TO 4 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA INCLUDING 

  HIGHWAY 83 SOUTH OF VALENTINE AND HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN VALENTINE AND 

  SPRINGVIEW.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BURTON...CROOKSTON...KILGORE...  

MERRITT RESERVOIR DAM...MILLS AND SPARKS...VALENTINE...



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEAST 

CHERRY COUNTY WHICH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS THE THREAT OF LARGE 

HAIL AND HIGH WINDS HAS SUBSIDED MOMENTARILY.



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.



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.



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.



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 4296 10110 4263 10117 4264 10023 4288 10024

          4281 10007 4276 9965 4283 9929 4297 9930

          4297 10024



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