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FFACYS
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
937 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS
OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND KIMBALL COUNTY NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY...
.ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND WEAK SURFACE UPSLOPE WIND FLOW WILL COMBINE
TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM MOTION WILL BE
SLOW AND WILL ALLOW MANY OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS TO PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
THE GREATEST RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE IN URBAN AREAS AND
THOSE LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY RECENT WILDFIRES.
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KIMBALL-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-SHIRLEY BASIN-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SNOWY RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIMBALL...MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...
GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...ARLINGTON...
ELK MOUNTAIN...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE...
VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...
WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
937 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND WYOMING...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN NEBRASKA...KIMBALL. IN WYOMING...
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY...CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST
PLATTE COUNTY...EAST LARAMIE COUNTY...EAST PLATTE COUNTY...
LARAMIE VALLEY...NORTH LARAMIE RANGE...NORTH SNOWY RANGE
FOOTHILLS...SHIRLEY BASIN...SNOWY RANGE...SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE
AND SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS.
* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH
MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF...WHICH MAY
CAUSE FLOODING OF URBANIZED AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS. BURN SITES FROM ONGOING AND RECENT WILDFIRES MAY ALSO
BE AT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING AND POSSIBLE LANDSLIDES...
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE STEEPER SLOPES OF THE SNOWY RANGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
WEILAND
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