Flash Flood Statement

747 
WGUS75 KCYS 120213
FFSCYS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
813 PM MDT SUN AUG 11 2013
NEC045-165-120430-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAWES NE-SIOUX NE-
813 PM MDT SUN AUG 11 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN SIOUX AND
NORTHERN DAWES COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM MDT...
AT 805 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN
THE VICINITY OF THE PINE RIDGE IN NORTHEAST SIOUX AND NORTHERN
DAWES COUNTIES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS MAY STILL
RESULT IN RAPID WATER RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE
WARNED AREA. 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LONG BRANCH
CREEK...LONE TREE CREEK...FISHER CREEK...MIDDLE CREEK...WHITE
RIVER...AND BOHEMIAN CREEK. LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN HILLY TERRAIN
ARE ALSO AT RISK. 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4272 10343 4300 10385 4301 10381 4301 10280
      4292 10278
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HAMMER/COX