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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION TO COUNTIES

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

622 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ALBANY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING

  EXTREME NORTHEAST CARBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING



* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT



* AT 615 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS

  15 MILES NORTH OF MEDICINE BOW DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH AT LESS

  THAN 5 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATED A LEAST FOUR AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE 

FALLEN ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF MEDICINE BOW BETWEEN THE 

LITTLE MEDICINE BOW RIVER AND MUDDY CREEK.  FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR 

ALONG BOTH STREAMS.



THE LITTLE MEDICINE BOW RIVER FLOWS UNDER HIGHWAY 487 ABOUT 4 MILES 

NORTH OF THE TOWN OF MEDICINE BOW.  FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG 

HIGHWAY 487 IN THE NEXT TWO TO FOUR HOURS AS THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

REACHES THE AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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