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WGUS75 KCYS 302359

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WYC021-010130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

559 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL 

LARAMIE COUNTY... 



AT 559 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CHEYENNE...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN 

SECTIONS OF CHEYENNE.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CHEYENNE...

WARREN AF BASE...NORTH CHEYENNE...HIGHWAY 85 AT LODGEPOLE CREEK...

AND SOUTH GREELEY HIGHWAY.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT

IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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