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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

737 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BIG HORN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING



* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT



* AT 737 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG HIGHWAY 30 SOUTHWEST OF GREYBULL AND ALSO THE BASIN CANAL.

HIGHWAY 16 AND 20 BETWEEN BURLINGTON AND GREYBULL WAS ALSO REPORTED 

FLOODED IN SPOTS. SOME HOMES IN GREYBULL AND NEAR BASIN WERE ALSO 

REPORTED FLOODED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND

ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS.



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 SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

RIVERTON.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

$$

LAT...LON 4487 10793 4479 10770 4518 10742 4527 10771



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