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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

1053 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL 3 AM MDT...



AT 1050 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AGAIN INCREASING ACROSS JOHNSON 

COUNTY.  SLOW MOVING TO STATIONARY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE

EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCAL HEAVY RAIN IN JOHNSON COUNTY WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES BY 3 AM.  MUCH OF JOHNSON 

COUNTY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED FROM ONE HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

THIS EVENING.  SOME OF THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED 

FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN ON TUESDAY.



MUCH OF THE SOIL IN JOHNSON COUNTY IS ALREADY SATURATED AND

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.  SOME RURAL 

AREAS MAY ALREADY BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING.



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.



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 OR FLOODING...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW 

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RIVERTON.





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LAT...LON 4455 10712 4352 10709 4352 10606 4456 10605



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