Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
620 AM MDT TUE JUN 10 1986

THE NORMALLY SEMIARID NEBRASKA PANHANDLE HAS BECOME A SEA OF WATER
IN MINATURE.

HEAVY RAINFALLS HAVE BEEN COMMON FOR MANY PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE. THE TWO DAY RAINFALLS THROUGH 5 AM MDT THIS MORNING RANGED
FROM AROUND TWO AND A HALF INCHES IN KIMBALL TO OVER FOUR INCHES AT
CRAWFORD OR 25 MILES WEST OF CHADRON.

IN ADDITION...RAIN CONTINUED OVER MOST OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WITH
LARGE PATCHES OF MODERATE RAINS AND ISOLATED HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING.

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE...MANY PARTS OF EASTERN WYOMING HAVE ALSO
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS THAT CONTINUED THIS MORNING. THIS RAIN WILL MOVE
DOWN NORMALLY DRY WASHES CREEKBEDS INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TO ADD
TO THE PROBLEMS.
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WHILE NO SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...MANY
FIELDS ARE FLOODED, NORMALLY DRY WASHES HAVE RUNNING WATER, THE
SMALL CREEKS AND RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE AND THE NORTH PLATTE
RIVER HAS RISEN SHARPLY THROUGH THIS MORNING. ALSO...MANY ROADS
HAVE STANDING WATER AND SOME HAVE SOME RUNNING WATER. MANY
COUNTY ROADS ARE A MESS WITH THE WATER AND MUD COMBINED.

THE HARDIEST HIT COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CHEYENNE, KIMBALL, BANNER,
SCOTTS BLUFF, MORRILL, GARDEN, SIOUX AND WEST DAWES.

PEOPLE ARE URGED TO AVOID LOW AREAS, NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
CREEKS, AND THE LOWLAND AREAS NEAR THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER TODAY.

ALSO...MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND STAY ON PAVED
HIGHWAYS. IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR OR USED TO DRIVING ON THE DIRT
ROADS, PLEASE STAY OFF THEM. WITH THE MUD AND WATER ON THESE DIRT
ROADS, YOU COULD BECOME STUCK OR EVEN WORSE, LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE AND HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IT IS NOT A GOOD DAY TO GO
SIGHTSEEING ON THE BACK ROADS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STANDING OR RUNNING
WATER ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS AND UNDERPASSES.

THE CAUSE FOR ALL THE RAIN WAS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED IN
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THIS SYSTEM WILL FINALLY BE MOVING OFF TO THE
EAST TODAY AND THE HEAVIER RAINFALLS SHOULD TAPER AROUND NOON
TODAY.

AGAIN...PLEASE USE CAUTION NEAR WASHES, CREEKS, RIVERS, LOW AREAS
AND AVOID THE DIRT ROADS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IF AT ALL
POSSIBLE.
KARR