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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

858 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR DAWES COUNTY 

IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...



AT 858 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 

COVERED MUCH OF DAWES COUNTY...PRIMARILY IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN 

SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF ONE 

TO TWO INCH RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN HALVES OF DAWES 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A 10 MILE WIDE SWATH FROM 10 MILES 

SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON TO 5 MILES EAST OF CHADRON. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CHADRON...

CHIMNEY BUTTE...BELMONT...RIDGEVIEW GOLF CLUB...CHADRON AIRPORT AND 

WHITNEY LAKE.



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 TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AN AREA WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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