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WGUS75 KCYS 230118

FFSCYS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

718 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008



NEC157-230545-

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SCOTTS BLUFF NE-

718 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY...



AT 647 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED OVER THE AREA PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE ABOVE A HALF 

INCH OF RAIN ON EAST SIDE OF SCOTTSBLUFF TO 1.7 INCHES ON THE 

NORTHEAST SIDE OF SCOTTSBLUFF. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTED AN 

IRRIGATION DITCH ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN BROKE FLOODING AN 80 

YARD AREA WITH 2 FEET OF WATER. A COUPLE HOMES NEAR THE BROKEN 

IRRIGATION DITCH HAVE FLOODED.



RADAR SHOWS WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AND WILL AFFECT THE 

AREA BY 8 PM. EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO 

HALF OF AN INCH THAT WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE FLOODED AREAS ON THE 

NORTHEAST SIDE OF SCOTTSBLUFF.

 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE MINATARE

AND LAKE ALICE



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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING.



LAT...LON 4194 10367 4199 10363 4199 10339 4178 10339

      4185 10364



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