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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1016 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH...IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN NEBRASKA:

CHASE...CUSTER...FRONTIER...GARFIELD...HAYES...HOLT...LINCOLN...
LOUP...PERKINS...ROCK AND WHEELER.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE ARNOLD...BASSETT...BROKEN BOW...
BURWELL...CURTIS...GRANT...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...NORTH PLATTE...
ONEILL AND TAYLOR.

WITH THE GROUND ALREADY MOIST FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE RAPID
RUNOFF CAUSING WATER TO RISE IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS
AND ALONG AREA RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP
INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF
A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

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.
IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. 

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DDB