Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jun 12, 2007, 6:54 AM MDT (12:54 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 12, 2007, 7:00 AM MDT

Expired

Jun 12, 2007, 11:15 AM MDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Chase County, NE

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KLBF 121300
FFWLBF
NEC029-121715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
654 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IMPERIAL...

* UNTIL 1115 AM MDT

* AT 646 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EXTENSIVE 
  FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF CHASE COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  IMPERIAL...CHAMPION AND LAMAR.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED THIS 
MORNING. BUT HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING 
AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA.

AT 645 AM MDT...OFFICIALS REPORT HIGHWAY 6 WEST OF IMPERIAL IS UNDER 
2 FEET OF WATER. MANY COUNTY ROADS IN WESTERN CHASE COUNTY ARE 
WASHED OUT. FRENCHMAN CREEK IS OVERFLOWING THE DAM AT CHAMPION.

FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY MOVING DOWN FRENCHMAN CREEK ABOVE CHAMPION 
AND ENDERS DAM. THE FLOOD CREST COULD REACH BETWEEN 6 AND 12 FEET AT 
CHAMPION THIS MORNING. THIS IS BASED ON THE FLOOD EVENTS OF JUNE 
1997 AND JUNE 1940 WHICH PRODUCED CRESTS OF 5.88 FEET AND 12.40 FEET 
RESPECTIVELY.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS UNDER 
WATER IN CHASE COUNTY LAST NIGHT. CHASE COUNTY OFFICIALS STRONGLY 
DISCOURAGE TRAVEL ON ANY COUNTY OR SECONDARY ROADS EARLY THIS 
MORNING UNTIL ENGINEERS HAVE INSPECTED THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF 
THE ROADWAYS. UNPAVED ROADS MAY BE WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE. 

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.

LAT...LON 4035 10204 4034 10134 4068 10135 4069 10203

$$

CDC

000 
WGUS73 KLBF 121526
FFSLBF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1012 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

NEC029-121715-
CHASE NE-
912 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM MDT FOR
CHASE COUNTY...

AT 911 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EXTENSIVE   
FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF CHASE COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IMPERIAL...
CHAMPION AND LAMAR.

THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH 
ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO CHASE COUNTY. BY 1115 AM MDT...ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS 
WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AND A 
REISSUANCE FOR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS LIKELY.

OFFICIALS REPORT HIGHWAY 6 WEST OF IMPERIAL IS UNDER 2 FEET OF 
WATER. MANY COUNTY ROADS IN WESTERN CHASE COUNTY ARE WASHED OUT. 
FRENCHMAN CREEK IS OVERFLOWING THE DAM AT CHAMPION.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN FRENCHMAN CREEK ABOVE CHAMPION AND 
ENDERS DAM. 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS UNDER 
WATER IN CHASE COUNTY LAST NIGHT. CHASE COUNTY OFFICIALS STRONGLY 
DISCOURAGE TRAVEL ON ANY COUNTY OR SECONDARY ROADS TODAY UNTIL 
ENGINEERS HAVE INSPECTED THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ROADWAYS. 
UNPAVED ROADS MAY BE WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE. 

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. 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.

LAT...LON 4035 10204 4034 10134 4068 10135 4069 10203

$$

KAR

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