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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

720 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN 

PLATTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...



AT 720 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

MUCH OF WESTERN PLATTE COUNTY...WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE STORMS 

WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 

IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...SOUTHWESTERN PLATTE COUNTY WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND ALONG 

AND NEAR HIGHWAY 34.



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.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...CREEKS OR

RIVERS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG DRAINAGES DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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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