Event: Flash Flood Statement
Sender Name: NWS Cheyenne WY
Issued: 2013-07-24T17:43:15-06:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T20:30:00-06:00
Description: AT 541 PM MDT…WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AT 533 PM MDT…FLASH
FLOODING WAS REPORTED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHUGWATER WITH CHUGWATER
CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS.

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG ROADS…INCLUDING IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD
BETWEEN IRON MOUNTAIN AND CHUGWATER.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…CHUGWATER
CREEK…RICHEAU CREEK…WATERGAP CREEK…BRUSH CREEK…CANYON
CREEK…NORTH CHUGWATER CREEK…SPRING CREEK…THREEMILE
CREEK…DEADHEAD CREEK…MULE CREEK…NORTH BEAR CREEK…SAND
CREEK…PAULSON BRANCH…LITTLE BEAR CREEK…BEAR CREEK…SOUTH FORK
BEAR CREEK AND SOUTH HUNTON CREEK.
Instruction: 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.

Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Area Description: Laramie; Platte