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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

631 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 631 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN PLATTE

  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...  

  RURAL CENTRAL PLATTE COUNTY

  ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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.



LAT...LON 4167 10527 4167 10512 4194 10497 4200 10523



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