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WGUS75 KCYS 010213

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WYC031-010230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

812 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2004



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

PLATTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...



AT 812 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF PLATTE 

COUNTY. 



AT 812 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED 

ACROSS SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY...WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND SOUTH OF 

HIGHWAY 34.  



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...AREAS WEST OF 

INTERSTATE 25 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AN AREA WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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