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WSUS73 KLBF 030104

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NEC103-149-030145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE

804 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EASTERN KEYA

PAHA AND NORTHERN ROCK COUNTIES...



AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST. 

RADAR ESTIMATES FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KEYA PAHA AND NORTHERN ROCK 

COUNTIES INDICATE OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE AROUND 530 PM CDT. 

FLASH FLOODING CAN BE PRODUCE BY THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL... 

ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE 

FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT THAT COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING TO 

THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS OVERNIGHT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH

PLATTE.



LAT...LON 4299 9927 4281 9927 4261 9926 4257 9966

      4273 9966 4273 9971 4275 9981 4298 9977



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