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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

715 PM MDT WED JUN 10 2009



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MORRILL NE-SCOTTS BLUFF NE-

715 PM MDT WED JUN 10 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF AND

MORRILL COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...



AT 700 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

AROUND THE BRIDGEPORT AREA...PARTICULARLY ALONG INDIAN CREEK AND 

DUGOUT CREEK. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING ALONG INDIAN CREEK 

LOCATED AROUND 4 MILES NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT. OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

OUT OF BANKS ALONG INDIAN CREEK AND FLOWING RAPIDLY OVER MANY OF THE 

COUNTY ROADS IN THE AREA. DUGOUT CREEK LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 

BRIDGEPORT WAS REPORTED BY OFFICIALS TO BE NEARLY 10 TO 15 FEET OUT 

OF ITS BANKS AND THEY ARE STARTING TO EVACUATE RESIDENTS. THE WATER 

IS FLOWING RAPIDLY IN THIS AREA AS WELL.



ALTHOUGH THERE IS ONLY LIGHT RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA AT 

THIS TIME...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS PREVIOUSLY IN 

THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN WYOMING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

EAST TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AT THIS TIME 

AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AND 

WILL AGGRAVATE THE HIGH WATER SITUATION.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...ANGORA...BAYARD...BOX LAKE...BRICKER 

LAKES...BRIDGEPORT...CHIMNEY ROCK...KLEMAN LAKE...PERRIN...PETERSON 

LAKE...ROACH LAKE...RUSH LAKE AND STORM 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.



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LAT...LON 4153 10263 4161 10337 4169 10337 4170 10342

      4198 10341 4189 10267 4175 10266 4174 10264



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