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RWUS32 KCYS 122118

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WYZ069-122300-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

317 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2001



...HEAVY RAINFALL WEST OF CHEYENNE CAUSING SMALL STREAM FLOODING...



A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL APPROXIMATELY 18 TO 20

MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE.  SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING HAS BEEN

REPORTED 20 MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE ON HAPPY JACK ROAD.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 2 1/2

INCHES OF RAINFALL WITHIN THE LAST HOUR IN THIS AREA.  DUE TO THE

TERRAIN AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM...MOST OF THE RAIN WILL RUN

OFF AND CAUSE WATER TO COVER SOME ROADS.



USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM BED OR CREEK.  HEAVY RAINFALL

IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAN CAUSE EVEN DRY STREAM BEDS TO FILL

WITH SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER.  STREAMS OR CREEKS MAY GO OUT OF THEIR

BANKS AND RUN ACROSS ROADS.  DIRT ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO

EROSION FROM SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING

WATER.



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