

000

WGUS75 KCYS 030105

FFSCYS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

655 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2007



NEC013-045-165-030200-

BOX BUTTE NE-DAWES NE-SIOUX NE-

655 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL SIOUX...SOUTHWESTERN DAWES AND NORTHWESTERN BOX BUTTE

COUNTIES...



AT 651 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT ONLY 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARSLAND.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 5 INCH RAINS HAVE 

FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST DAWES...FAR EAST CENTRAL SIOUX...AND

MUCH OF NORTHWEST BOX BUTTE COUNTIES. 



FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IS MOST LIKELY ALONG...



HIGHWAY 2 AND 71 SOUTH OF BELMONT

DAM ROAD FROM MARSLAND TO BOX BUTTE RESERVOIR

ALONG HIGHWAY 71 AND HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF HEMINGFORD

THE ROADS ACROSS NORTHWEST BOX BUTTE COUNTY

THE NIOBRARA RIVER IN FAR NORTHWEST BOX BUTTE COUNTY

ALONG SAND CANYON CREEK IN NORTHWEST BOX BUTTE COUNTY



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. 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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT

MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.



LAT...LON 4216 10356 4219 10303 4254 10326 4248 10353



$$



RUBIN

