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WYC021-010130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

644 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2004



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

LARAMIE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF CHEYENNE...



WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF 

CHEYENNE. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE RESCUED PEOPLE FROM FLOODED 

BASEMENTS AND VEHICLES IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CHEYENNE.



AT 644 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAINFALL WERE IN  

CHEYENNE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE RAINFALL RATES CONTINUE TO 

DECREASE...BUT THE THREAT OF FLOODING CONTINUES.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO TWO AND ONE HALF  

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOUTHERN CHEYENNE...NEAR THE SOUTH 

GREELEY HIGHWAY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CHEYENNE. 



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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