427  
WGUS73 KLBF 130121  
FFSLBF  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
821 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2023  
 
NEC009-041-115-130500-  
/O.CON.KLBF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-231013T0500Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BLAINE NE-CUSTER NE-LOUP NE-  
821 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2023  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT  
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER, SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUP  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 821 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS FLASH FLOODING IN THE  
VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 21 AND ROAD 797. . BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.25 INCHES IN 1  
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE  
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR  
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
BROKEN BOW, LILLIAN, GATES AND WALWORTH.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4178 9971 4178 9948 4130 9960 4131 9977  
4156 9973  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.25 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 

 
 
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