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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

653 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008



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PLATTE WY-

653 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR

WESTERN AND NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTY...



AT 640 PM MDT...THE PLATTE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE

RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING 

OVER MANY ROADS WEST OF WHEATLAND...AROUND WHEATLAND AS WELL AS THE

NORTH PART OF PLATTE COUNTY.  SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO

THE WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADS AND A PORTION OF FISH CREEK ROAD

WAS WASHED OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  TWO TO THREE FEET OF WATER WAS

ALSO FLOWING OVER PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD IN GUERNSEY.   



IN ADDITION...THE LARAMIE RIVER AND NORTH LARAMIE RIVER HAVE JUST WENT 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS WITH LOCAL LOW LAND FLOODING TAKING PLACE.



RAINFALL RATES AND COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH

THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT IN PLATTE COUNTY.  HOWEVER...THE WATER LEVELS 

WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR MOST OF THE REST OF TONIGHT.    



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.



LAT...LON 4218 10517 4223 10488 4208 10488 4201 10513

TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 180DEG 0KT 4201 10491



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