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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

850 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN NATRONA COUNTY

UNTIL 945 PM MDT...



AT 845 PM MDT...THE NATRONA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG TEAPOT CREEK...5 TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MIDWEST. THE FLOODING 

WAS IN OPEN COUNTRY. THESE FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

NORTH...INTO THE TOWN OF MIDWEST THIS EVENING. THE FLOODING IS THE 

RESULT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL 

UP TO 3 INCHES DEEP...IN A BROAD AREA SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OF 

MIDWEST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN AND AROUND MIDWEST. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RIVERTON.





LAT...LON 4328 10640 4327 10612 4349 10610 4350 10646



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