Flash Flood Warning
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WGUS55 KCYS 120041
FFWCYS
NEC045-165-120430-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
641 PM MDT SUN AUG 11 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
NORTHERN DAWES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT
* AT 633 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST SIOUX AND NORTHERN
DAWES COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS NEAR
AFFECTED RIVERS AND SMALL CREEKS OR STREAMS. THIS INCLUDES BUT IS
NOT LIMITED TO LONE TREE CREEK...LONG BRANCH
CREEK...FISHER CREEK...HORSEHEAD CREEK...BULL CREEK...AND BOHEMIAN
CREEK. MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 385 NORTH OF CHADRON SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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.
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 4272 10343 4300 10385 4301 10381 4301 10280
4292 10278
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HAMMER/COX