National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Slow moving thunderstorms caused flash flooding in Cheyenne County, Kansas, and Cheyenne County, Colorado, on the evening of July 9, 2006 .  In Cheyenne County, Colorado, county roads 60 and 58, Road N, and roads in Cheyenne Wells were flooded with up to one foot of water in some places. Eight inches of precipitation was reported by the public 6 miles southeast of Arapahoe.  In Cheyenne County, Kansas, Bird City was the hardest hit with 3.45 inches of precipitation reported by the public, numerous roads flooded, and reports of basement flooding.