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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

434 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008



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GOSHEN WY-LARAMIE WY-

434 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN LARAMIE AND SOUTHEASTERN GOSHEN COUNTIES...



AT 434 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGA AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE HAWK 

SPRINGS RECREATION AREA...THE MERIDEN REST AREA...LA GRANGE 

...HIGHWAY 151 AND HIGHWAY 85 IN FAR SOUTHEAST GOSHEN COUNTY AND FAR 

NORTHEAST LARAMIE COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST GOSHEN COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHEAST LARAMIE 

COUNTY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. AN AREA OF 2.5 

TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ALONG HIGHWAY 151 FROM 

HIGHWAY 85 EAST TO THE NEBRASKA STATE LINE AND INCLUDING LA GRANGE.



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 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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

CHEYENNE.



LAT...LON 4173 10433 4173 10406 4149 10406 4149 10434



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