Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

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WSUS73 KLBF 220808 CCA
FFSLBF
NEC031-103-220900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
258 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 4 AM CDT FOR NORTHEAST CHERRY AND 
KEYA PAHA COUNTIES...

* AT 249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING   
  FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CROOKSTON TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF   
  BURTON TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILLS.  RADAR INDICATES TWO VERY 
  IMPRESSIVE RAIN CENTERS DEVELOPING NORTH OF VALENTINE ALONG 
  HIGHWAY 83 NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER AND ANOTHER SOUTH OF 
  VALENTINE ALONG HIGHWAY 20 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 CUTOFF.  
  SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THESE LOCATIONS AND 
  FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING.  OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN IS ALONG HIGHWAY 
  12 BETWEEN VALENTINE AND SPRINGVIEW WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 
  OCCURRED.

AT 3 AM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS COVERING NORTHEAST CHERRY AND KEYA 
PAHA COUNTIES HAVE CONTRACTED SOME BUT CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY 
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THROUGH 4 AM CDT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE BUT CONTINUE STRONG IN 
SOME AREAS OF KEYA PAHA COUNTY PRODUCING FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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 THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND
PICKUPS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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CDC

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WSUS73 KLBF 220837
FFSLBF
NEC031-103-220900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
329 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

..A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KEYA PAHA AND NORTHEASTERN
CHERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT(300 AM MDT)...

* AT 321 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
  INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SPARKS TO 9 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVIEW TO 7 MILES   
  EAST OF SPRINGVIEW TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLS.  MOVING   
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES TWO VERY IMPRESSIVE RAIN 
  CENTERS HAVE OCCRURRED NORTH OF VALENTINE ALONG HIGHWAY 83 NEAR 
  THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER AND ANOTHER SOUTH OF VALENTINE ALONG 
  HIGHWAY 20 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 CUTOFF.  SEVERAL INCHES OF 
  RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THESE LOCATIONS AND FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING.  
  OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN IS ALONG HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN VALENTINE AND 
  SPRINGVIEW WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES.

THROUGH 4 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS KEYA 
PAHA COUNTY.  CAMPERS ALONG THE NIOBRARA RIVER SHOULD MONITOR RIVER 
LEVELS AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE RIVER BEGINS TO 
RISE QUICKLY.  AT 320 AM POLICE IN CHERRY COUNTY REPORTED NO 
FLOODING ALONG THE NIOBRARA BUT TREMENDOUS RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 
ELSEWHERE ALONG THE RIVER SO THE RIVER LEVEL IS UNCERTAIN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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 THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND
PICKUPS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$
CDC