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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

1002 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008



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CHEYENNE NE-

1002 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY...



AT 954 PM MDT...RAIN HAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE AFFECTED AREA...HOWEVER 

COTTONWOOD CREEK WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL UNTIL 

1045.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

COLTON...SUNOL AND LODGEPOLE.



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 0402Z 180DEG 0KT 4113 10274



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