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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

845 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NIOBRARA COUNTY

UNTIL 1030 PM...



AN AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NIOBRARA COUNTY

DROPPED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 600 AND 800 PM.  ALTHOUGH THE

HEAVIEST RAIN HAS PUSHED SOUTHEAST INTO NEBRASKA...RUNOFF FROM THE

STORMS EARLIER IN THE EVENING HAS CAUSED SEVERAL CREEKS IN THE AREA

TO OVERRUN THEIR BANKS.  FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH

SEVERAL CREEKS BETWEEN LUSK AND MULE CREEK JUNCTION...TO THE EAST OF

HIGHWAY 18.  SOME CREEKS THAT HAVE HAD FLOODING PROBLEMS INCLUDE PLUM

AND INDIAN CREEKS.



CREEKS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AS THE RUNOFF

GRADUALLY SUBSIDES.  THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD

PRONE AREAS IN EASTERN NIOBRARA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION

CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH

MIDNIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH

POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCALES.



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JK

WCJIN-WYNE

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