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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

401 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



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 351 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGVIEW TO 7 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF MILLS...OR FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGVIEW TO 24

  MILES EAST OF SPRINGVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE NIOBRARA RIVER 

VALLEY...BURTON...MILLS...JAMISON AND SPRINGVIEW.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHERRY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.  THE THREAT 

OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING HAS ENDED THERE BUT CONTINUES ACROSS 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY.



RADAR INDICATES THREE VERY IMPRESSIVE RAIN CENTERS HAVE OCCURRED 

NORTH OF VALENTINE ALONG HIGHWAY 83 NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER... 

ANOTHER SOUTH OF VALENTINE ALONG HIGHWAY 20 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 

CUTOFF AND ANOTHER NEAR SPARKS.  4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED

AT OR NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.  ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS ALONG 

HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN VALENTINE AND SPRINGVIEW.  



THROUGH 5 AM...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN KEYA 

PAHA COUNTY WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.



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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