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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

839 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...



* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT



* AT 833 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COLTON...

  SUNOL AND LODGEPOLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



COTTONWOOD CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND RUNNING 30 YARDS WIDE. 

ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF WATER RUNNING ATOP HIGHWAY 30 EAST OF SIDNEY. 

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER WAS ALSO OBSERVED ACROSS EASTERN 

CHEYENNE COUNTY.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHEYENNE AT

1-800-269-6220.



LAT...LON 4129 10287 4128 10261 4100 10262 4100 10286

TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 180DEG 0KT 4113 10274



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