Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Aug 26, 2002, 4:55 PM MDT (22:55 UTC)

Expired

Aug 26, 2002, 7:00 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Grant County, NE

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WGUS53 KLBF 262255
FFWLBF
NEC075-270100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
455 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT...

* AT 447 PM MDT...COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MINOR FLOODING WITH ONE
  FOOT OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 2 JUST EAST OF HYANNIS.  THE STORMS
  THAT PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
  WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 7 PM MDT.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HYANNIS...WHITMAN.

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.

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.

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.

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 4207 10144 4208 10200 4175 10205 4177 10144

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.