Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS North Platte, NE

000 
WGUS73 KLBF 120850
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
343 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

NEC135-121130-
PERKINS NE-
243 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM MDT FOR
PERKINS COUNTY...

AT 239 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 
RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN PERKINS COUNTY. STRONGEST STORMS 
WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAINFALL RATES NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
GRANT...BRANDON AND VENANGO.

THROUGH 530 AM MDT...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY 
IN THE WARNED AREA AS STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS AREAS ALREADY 
WET OR FLOODED FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT.

TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ON ANY COUNTY OR SECONDARY ROADS FOR THE 
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...AS ROADS MAY BE UNDERWATER OR IMPASSABLE DUE 
TO WASHOUTS OR STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. 

FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY MOVING DOWN SPRING CREEK AND SAND CREEK 
SOUTH OF BRANDON AND EAST OF VENANGO. THE DEPTH OF THESE WATERS IS 
UNCERTAIN BUT RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 
IN THIS AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

LAT...LON 4071 10203 4070 10125 4099 10126 4099 10204

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CDC

000 
WGUS73 KLBF 121033
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
529 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

NEC135-121130-
PERKINS NE-
429 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM MDT FOR
PERKINS COUNTY...

AT 423 AM MDT...ALL INDICATIONS ARE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND NO 
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING. 
ANOTHER POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE APPROACHING 
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LATER THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON AND MORE 
HEAVY RAINFALL COULD DEVELOP.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILD HORSE 
SPRING...VENANGO...BRANDON...GRANT AND MADRID WHERE 6 INCHES OF RAIN 
MAY HAVE FALLEN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE EARLY 
THIS MORNING IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY MOVING DOWN SPRING CREEK AND SAND CREEK 
SOUTH OF BRANDON AND EAST OF VENANGO. THE DEPTH OF THESE WATERS IS 
UNCERTAIN BUT RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 
IN THIS AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

TRAVEL COULD BE HAZARDOUS ON COUNTY OR SECONDARY ROADS THIS MORNING. 
AS ROADS MAY BE UNDERWATER OR IMPASSABLE DUE TO WASHOUTS OR 
STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. 

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH
PLATTE.

LAT...LON 4071 10203 4070 10125 4099 10126 4099 10204

$$

CDC

000 
WGUS73 KLBF 121134
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
632 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

NEC135-121142-
PERKINS NE-
532 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR PERKINS COUNTY...

THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING HAS ENDED FOR NOW. HEAVY RAIN 
COULD REDEVELOP LATER TODAY.

USE CAUTION TRAVELING THIS MORNING. THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF SOME 
ROADS EXPOSED TO RUSHING FLOOD WATERS LAST NIGHT MAY BE COMPROMISED. 
THIS MEANS SLOW DOWN UNLESS YOUR CERTAIN THE ROAD IS SAFE.

LAT...LON 4071 10203 4070 10125 4099 10126 4099 10204

$$

CDC