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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

402 PM MDT FRI JUL 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN GOSHEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 352 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  JAY EM...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORRINGTON...MOVING        

  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH OR LESS.



DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATED AT LEAST FOUR INCHES OF THUNDERSTORM

RAINFALL MAY HAVE BEEN DROPPED BY THE STORM OVER THE PAST HOUR.  THE 

STORM IS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 26 AND EAST OF WYOMING HIGHWAY 270 IN 

NORTHWEST GOSHEN COUNTY.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4252 10466 4222 10464 4220 10424 4255 10426



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