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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

730 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT...



AT 730 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC CONTINUED TO REPORT VERY HEAVY RAIN 

NORTHEAST OF KAYCEE...OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO.  THIS IS 

IN THE SAME AREA THAT RECEIVED FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN LAST 

TUESDAY. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY SLOW MOVING...AND STATIONARY 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF JOHNSON 

COUNTY.  RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES RANGED FROM ONE HALF TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE AREA SINCE 530 PM MDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.  MUCH OF THE SOIL IN THE AREA IS ALREADY

SATURATED.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES OR LOW LYING AREAS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW 

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RIVERTON.



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