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WGUS65 KCYS 072035  
FFACYS  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
235 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012  
 
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER PARTS  
OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH  
SUNDAY EVENING...  
 
.ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND WEAK SURFACE UPSLOPE WIND FLOW WILL  
COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH  
SUNDAY EVENING. 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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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BANNER-CHEYENNE-GOSHEN COUNTY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...SIDNEY...TORRINGTON  
235 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012  
   
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS EXPANDED THE  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND  
EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN  
WESTERN NEBRASKA...BANNER AND CHEYENNE. IN EAST CENTRAL  
WYOMING...GOSHEN COUNTY.  
 
* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.  
 
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS  
AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA  
PANHANDLE AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE STORMS  
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY  
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.  
 
* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF...WHICH MAY  
CAUSE FLOODING OF URBANIZED AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
 
 
NEZ054-WYZ103-105>107-110-114>119-080600-  
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
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  
235 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012  
   
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING  
 
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 EVENING.  
 
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS  
AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA  
PANHANDLE AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE STORMS  
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY  
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.  
 
* 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 AND SOUTHERN LARAMIE  
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.  
 
 
 
 
 
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