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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

456 PM MDT WED JUN 10 2009



NEC123-110400-

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MORRILL NE-

456 PM MDT WED JUN 10 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRILL

COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...



AT 450 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST 

THREE HOURS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 385 

BETWEEN ANGORA AND BAYARD AND HAVE BARRICADED THE ROAD. SEVERAL OF 

THE CREEKS IN THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTED ARE RED WILL 

CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...DUGOUT CREEK...AND UNION CREEK. AT 453 PM 

MDT...THE EMERGENCY MANAGER STATED MINOR STREET FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING IN BRIDGEPORT. 



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...ANGORA...BAYARD...BRICKER LAKES...BRIDGEPORT...CHIMNEY 

ROCK...PERRIN AND PETERSON LAKE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH

ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW

INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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LAT...LON 4188 10290 4158 10290 4168 10336 4197 10334



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