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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

415 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 715 PM MDT



* AT 405 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL WERE OVER NORTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35

  MILES SOUTH OF CASPER...MOVING LITTLE.



RADAR INDICATED FROM FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN

FROM 200 TO 400 PM IN AN AREA BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 487 AND 77 ABOUT

30 MILES NORTH OF HANNA.  THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OVER THE

MUDDY CREEK DRAINAGE.  



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.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD

FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY

CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS.



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.



LAT...LON 4235 10649 4222 10632 4222 10610 4244 10611 4243 10652



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