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WYZ069-140130-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

643 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL

IN THE CHEYENNE AREA...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM

FOR THE CHEYENNE AREA AND SOUTH CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY.  A STRONG

THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCED UP TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN

AN HOUR IN AND AROUND CHEYENNE.  THIS WAS CAUSING FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS INCLUDING DRY CREEK ON THE NORTH SIDE

OF CHEYENNE.  MANY INTERSECTIONS AND BASEMENTS WERE ALSO FLOODED.



THE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...AND THE HEAVY

RAIN WILL SLOWLY END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY 7 PM.  PEOPLE SHOULD  

REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM FINALLY CLEARS THE AREA AROUND 7 PM.

STAY AWAY FROM SMALL CREEKS AND LOW LYING DRAINAGE AREAS...INCLUDING 

DRY CREEK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHEYENNE AND THE AMES UNDERPASS AREA

JUST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN. 



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.  NEVER TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH 

FLOWING WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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