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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

329 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003



..A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KEYA PAHA AND NORTHEASTERN

CHERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT(300 AM MDT)...



* AT 321 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF SPARKS TO 9 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVIEW TO 7 MILES   

  EAST OF SPRINGVIEW TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLS.  MOVING   

  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES TWO VERY IMPRESSIVE RAIN 

  CENTERS HAVE OCCRURRED NORTH OF VALENTINE ALONG HIGHWAY 83 NEAR 

  THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER AND ANOTHER SOUTH OF VALENTINE ALONG 

  HIGHWAY 20 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 CUTOFF.  SEVERAL INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THESE LOCATIONS AND FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING.  

  OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN IS ALONG HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN VALENTINE AND 

  SPRINGVIEW WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES.



THROUGH 4 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS KEYA 

PAHA COUNTY.  CAMPERS ALONG THE NIOBRARA RIVER SHOULD MONITOR RIVER 

LEVELS AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE RIVER BEGINS TO 

RISE QUICKLY.  AT 320 AM POLICE IN CHERRY COUNTY REPORTED NO 

FLOODING ALONG THE NIOBRARA BUT TREMENDOUS RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

ELSEWHERE ALONG THE RIVER SO THE RIVER LEVEL IS UNCERTAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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 THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY

CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

PICKUPS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO

STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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