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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

706 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009



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CHEYENNE NE-KIMBALL NE-

706 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIMBALL AND

SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM MDT...



AT 740 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 8 FEET 

OF WATER EXPANDING A QUARTER OF A MILE WIDE ALONG SIDNEY DRAW 

BETWEEN THE KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTY BORDER. AN AREA EXTENDING 

BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 73 AND 78 AND INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 8 

HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODED WATERS ALONG SIDNEY DRAW. THE FLOOD 

WATERS ARE ROUGHLY MOVING AT 4 MPH AND SHOULD REACH LODGEPOLE CREEK 

AROUND 9 PM MDT.



DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

AN INCH TO 1.5 INCHES IS FALLING PER HOUR AND SLOWLY MOVING EAST AT 

10 MPH. 



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...MOUNT VERNON.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE.



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LAT...LON 4127 10311 4102 10306 4101 10362 4109 10367



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