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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

241 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

  SOUTHEASTERN MORRILL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT



* AT 226 PM MDT...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAMP LAKE



OVER THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY AREAS...WITH 

WATER FLOWING OVER SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS. PEOPLE ALONG RUSH CREEK 

NEAR SULLIVAN HILLS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF RISING WATER. 



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING

AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS.



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 4150 10292 4151 10264 4134 10263 4135 10289



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