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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

338 PM MDT WED JUN 10 2009



NEC157-WYC015-110230-

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SCOTTS BLUFF NE-GOSHEN WY-

338 PM MDT WED JUN 10 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN GOSHEN AND

SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT...



AT 328 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS AN AREA THAT 

HAS RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FROM PREVIOUS 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED AN AREA OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL EXTENDING ACROSS FROM 

LYMAN EXTENDING WEST TO SCOTTS BLUFF WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF 4 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...SCOTTSBLUFF...COYOTE ROCK...GERING...LAKE MINATARE...

LYMAN...MINATARE...MITCHELL...MORRILL...PACKER LAKE...SCOTTS BLUFF

NATIONAL MONUMENT...SCOTTSBLUFF AIRPORT...STEGALL AND TERRYTOWN.



PARTICULAR STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY BE OVERFLOWING OR FLOWING 

RAPIDLY ARE HORSE CREEK...WINTERS CREEK...NINEMILE CREEK...AND HOPE 

CREEK.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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.



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LAT...LON 4197 10339 4171 10340 4183 10412 4200 10412



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